That does makes sense once bitten by the west you’d be daft to return for sane again
You are falling way behind your regional neighbours airforces some our now introducing 5th generation planes, your going to end up 30 / 20 year just to catch up with them.
without sanctions probably not, they are very competent but with sanctions
it'll be a tough ride, I really hope they somehow convince either China or Russia to give them top of the line jets
A shrewd Iranian diplomat is needed where not all his focus is on nuclear deal but to make bilateral relationship strong enough with other strong nations that they can overlook Israel, GCC, west concerns
Iran also needs to combine diplomatic efforts with international lawfare as they are facing lawfare from the most power countries on earth
he brings up Iran as an example on brutal international lawfare can potentially be and we are facing something abiet on a much smaller level
Iran needs to fight lawfare, than diplomatic efforts with powerful anti-west countries and the kind of diplomacy where these countries become
dependent on Iran
In the long run dependency on Iran will make sure these countries have no choice but to overlook GCC,Israel, Western concerns and support Iran
TLTR - the political class needs to build broad networks of alliances with people who don't depend on their adversaries - slowly make them dependent on Iran
You'll start getting access to their military tech
