Iran has auto industry.

[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Probably heavily government-subsidized, for prestige, employment, and trade/currency reasons. The export-to-Russia thing is because they really need foreign exchange with Russia right now. And the Russians want them to have it....

10,000 units into a 2.3 million-unit market isn't going to make the Russian automakers squawk too much.

If I am not mistaken, I was told they only pay about 5 cents a gallon for gas.