UPDATE: IBKR finally confirmed it.

Please note that USD 2000 and above is required to conduct additional due diligence obligations required for your account. This extra due diligence is required in part due to the location of your account(s) and account characteristics.

We will do the due diligence if you wish to deposit additional assets to bring the total equity of the account above 2,000 USD.

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Absurd. Never had to deal with this nonsense in America

I'm located in Egypt...another broker said it (but while singing up) if I'm in middle east I need to have at least 5000 USD which is funny because most countries in middle east are poor