despite american imposed sanctions.. iranian real gdp recently grew at 5%
Iran’s economy grows for 4th year: World Bank
The World Bank revealed that Iran's economy expanded by 5% in real GDP from April to December 2023 compared to the same period the previous year.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/Economy/iran-s-economy-grows-for-4th-year--world-bank
guess that there is no harm in trading with russia and china .. and developing other economic relationships .. eg developing a port with india .. but of course the americans are not happy with that, and have threatened to impose sanctions on india ..
Chabahar Port: US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68988190
for what it is worth, but iran is the world's 10th largest steel producer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_steel_production
and in the past year .. steel production grew by about 5%
https://www.steelradar.com/en/haber/irans-steel-industry-shows-robust-growth/
