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The navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in 2009 in a military parade showcased ekranoplans that were supposedly developed indigenously, but there was speculation that the GEVs were actually bought from Russia in an earlier order placed by Iran.
there is a big HESA marking on the plane. unfortunately i can not find the images of production line and i forget where i saw it. also it's not such sophisticated thing that we can not develop it by ourselves.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2015/07/05/irans-building-a-new-flying-boat/
BTW what happened to this one??