[Arubis]

There’s plenty of good work out there with whatever language stack you already have. If you’re reasonably competent, by which I mean “can ship a code change to a familiar code base without being told what to do for every step”, you’re fine. Tech will be your best approach, especially if you’re planning to emigrate.

Sanctions are going to be a much bigger hurdle. I’ve known at least one Iranian citizen living stateside with a proper employer-employee W2 relationship, so I think you’ll be okay once you’ve got at least legal residency & work permit elsewhere, though a second passport may well be better. (I am definitely not a lawyer or sanctions professional.)

If you’re open to entrepreneurship, do you know anyone locally to you that runs their own business & collects payments from countries other than Iran? You could check with them for advice.