Addition of Iran as a Playable Nation / Tech Tree in War Thunder

Machinery of War Discussion Nations not present in WT
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Dear Gaijin Entertainment team,

I am a long-time War Thunder player and would like to respectfully suggest the addition of Iran as a playable nation (or at least a substantial subtree).

Iran has a rich and unique military history with a mix of Western, Eastern, and indigenous equipment that would fit well into War Thunder’s vehicle combat focus. Israel was successfully added despite a heavy reliance on copy-paste vehicles in ranks IV–VII (with unique top-tier content). Iran can follow a similar approach while offering several distinctive vehicles and loadouts that are not currently represented.

Key points in favor of inclusion:

  • Unique high-tier content: Iranian F-14A Tomcats with domestic missiles (Fakour-90, Sedjil), upgraded Phantoms (F-4E), indigenous fighters (Azarakhsh, Saeqeh, Kowsar), and modern SAMs (Bavar-373, 15th Khordad, Raad family, Tor-M1, etc.).
  • Ground forces: Mix of upgraded Western tanks (Chieftain/Shir, M60 Samsam, M47 Tiam/Sabalan), licensed/Soviet vehicles (T-72S, BMP-2 with Dehlavieh ATGMs), and indigenous designs (Zulfiqar family, Karrar MBT, Tosan light tank, various ATGM carriers and technicals).
  • Air defense and missiles: Strong indigenous SAM and ATGM programs (Toophan family, Dehlavieh/Kornet copy, Almas, etc.) plus ballistic/rocket systems that could support future content.
  • Iran already operates vehicles that exist in the game in modified form, so implementation cost for lower/mid tiers would be relatively low (similar to Israel), while higher tiers provide genuine uniqueness.

Iran has an active player community and a long military aviation and armored history that would add interesting gameplay variety, especially with mixed Western/Eastern weapon loadouts on the same airframes.

Useful open sources for research (Iranian military equipment):

Additional neutral references (Wikipedia / Oryx / GlobalSecurity) also document the mix of indigenous upgrades and imported systems.

Thank you for considering this suggestion. Iran would bring interesting mixed-tech gameplay and help represent another major regional military power in the game.
Best regards,Dr_Predator

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If you want to create a suggestion you can do so in the suggestion section here on the forum. That section is however pre-moderated and only posts that follow their rules and guidelines will get posted and it can take a couple of weeks for a post to get reviewed for publication. If it gets accepted and made public it then has a chance to get sent to the developers as a suggestion later on.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Wouldn’t Iran be great addtion to war thunder?

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Translation: HUGE AMOUNT OF COP(E)Y-PASTE garbage plus several unique mods of some “special armed groups”.

No thank you