Only money can't make you hi-tech products, you also need proper management/technical power and science, pure science. I know this is far different from Apache and it's really stupid to compare them tbqh. But not many countries are capable of producing Apaches. And about these projects, you know better than anyone that even U.S doesn't manufacture all parts of their military equipment in the country, they also buy some parts from countries who are capable of making better quality parts, and that makes sense. That's why I believe that even if Iran produces all of its parts domestically, it isn't economical in first steps, because it will spend huge resources. But when no country sells them to you, you have to do it.
Most of the countries who produce military equipment, receive help from stronger countries in first stages, like engines, avionics, sensors etc, and produce a local product with some foreign equipment and that's the right thing to do, Iran doesn't have that option now.
As far as I know, no country releases information about ALL parts of their military equipment they produce.
What I said is the most likely scenario because selling many parts to Iran is legally forbidden, so that's the case.
Yes, but no matter how amateur it looks, there is always a need for a first step and I welcome that. Even assembling a helicopter locally brings tons of experience and it can pave the way for a fully genuine domestic design. No one produces an Apache in their first step.
US can produce everything but they don't do it, to reduce the cost of their product. for example like the landing gears of F-35 which are ordered from China. But, they do produce all of the important and high tech parts in US. So, there is a clear difference here.
Anyway, producing these simple helicopters are not that much difficult as you think. I have visited many factories, even inside Iran, and I know that producing such a thing is not difficult for them. It only needs a pretty good management and money. It would be difficult IF you wanted to do R&D on cutting edge subjects, and produce parts based on it in a large scale, which I don't see it here.
Anyway, producing this helicopter, if they have really produced it and it is not a painted or montaged helicopter, is still better than doing nothing. But, we should not fool ourselves with producing it.
Anyway, I did not say that they need to announce the producer for each single part, but, they at least need to announce that which sub-systems are produced internally, if there is any, and by which factory.