without oil, Iran would have never been touched nor invaded by the imperialists at the turn of the last century. Like Turkey, we would have been left alone to do our own thing so you would have to look at both sides of the picture. And again, we're not allowed to export anything. Anybody who says other wise is an idiot, pure and simple.
I bought a pair of jeans last week and they were "made in Turkey." It was a pair of Diesels. No foreign Euro or American brand will ever do any business with Iran, buy or sell. We are not allowed to take out loans from any Euro or American bank. Any company that does business in Iran will not be allowed to do business in the US. That's why even KIA Motors stopped business in Iran because they were warned by the US that they would be banned from operations inside North America.
Anyways, we still have a trillion dollar GDP (PPP) and by the end of this decade we're gonna be at the 2 trillion mark (ppp). Our natural gas reserves (which happen to be the second largest on the planet) are virtually untapped. Once we start exporting gas then you can add another min 50 billion cash. Iran is here to stay Jew. We're gonna ride these sanctions out. In the mean time though you can kiss my Persian azz.