[locallost]

You don't even need to jump through this many hoops - somebody from Iran can just do it. And maybe they do, but overall I don't think the market is that big. All of these companies operate globally because it's otherwise difficult to make a profit.

In other news, setting up businesses that go around US sanctions is not something the US will just wave off. Bullies don't accept their authority questioned.

[jhugo]

> And maybe they do, but overall I don't think the market is that big.

Before Trump nixed the JCPoA, Iran had a firm order with Boeing for $16.6 billion worth of aircraft, and a firm order with Airbus for $25 billion worth of aircraft. Taken together, that's one of the largest aircraft orders of all time. Iran is not a small market.

> In other news, setting up businesses that go around US sanctions is not something the US will just wave off. Bullies don't accept their authority questioned.

Businesses in the UAE regularly trade with Iran (and Russia, for that matter) in the normal course of business.

[cpursley]

Once Russia resolves their supply chain issues and market substitution on sanctioned inputs, Iran will be a big aircraft market for them. It's not widely known, but Russia has several new commercial jet designs in production.

[sam_lowry_]

SSJ-100 and MC-21, both obviously made mostly from imported parts. SSJ-100 is operational with limited success, MC-21 is closer to vaporware.