there were a number of iranians in my pilot training class. they are clueless and dangerous to themselves in the air. usually took them 2 years in the t-38 (a half year for us) before we just sent them home saying they had completed the course. that was just to let them retain a modicum of dignity because they could never fly well enough to graduate. ever. they have zero sense of the the dynamics or mechanics of complex, high speed, high performance aircraft (or anything else, for that matter).
i would love to get into a dogfight with any of their best.
and i was a c-130 pilot. lol!