Thank god people like you don’t run Iran. Or else they would have never started a domestic arms manufacturing program because they believed the past doesn’t matter and that any day now some country will sell Iran something. Even the US screwed Iran, England screwed Iran (still hasn’t paid back the tank order deposit 40+ years later), Russia screwed Iran, and China screwed Iran.
But whoa let’s just forget everything because of Crimea. Lol again these Russian apologists grasp at straws. Will always find an “this time is different bro” excuse.
So far arms embargo has been off since October and we still haven’t heard a single rumbling about an arms deal with either Russia or China. We have an Iranian general tour Russia and look at attack helicopters....attack helicopters!
There are two obstacles one is the Russian obstacle and one is the IRGC obstacle. Neither of these groups has a strong desire to see an Iran with a potent Air Force.
major ticket items bought since 1990
kilo subs
T-72 tanks (screwed by Russia)
C-802 program (screwed by China)
Handfuls of various fighters (SU, Migs, Chinese fighters)
TOR-M1
S-300 (screwed by Russia only fulfilled due to arbitration ruling that Russia had to pay Iran $10B fine if it doesn’t enforce $800M contract).
Thats 30 years of arms history, maybe I forgot something like some Chinese ADs. But sure the past doesn’t matter because Crimea or Syria or Yemen or because Biden called Putin a dictator and hurt Putin’s feelings. This time it’s different...no for real...