Originally Posted by
joshwex90
What does it matter of they're not EU? There are EU airlines that fly to IKA, such as LH and OS.
Switzerland has better diplomatic relations with Iran than the EU has with Iran. That said, it doesn't matter. In the event of an emergency landing, it's highly improbable that even a serious Iranian-sanctions-enforcing country is going to hit its own carrier and/or cockpit crew with fines or criminal charges for having decided it necessary/best to make an emergency landing in, or emergency diversion to, Iran.