Let's see the governments try to ban iPhone. What a nice revolution trigger.
I mean, we are discussing hair here, so it is a (bitter) laugh to imagine that they are going to let citizens have access to an unfettered network ...
From the same site: Iran smartphone imports (sept 2021 - sept 2022)
1 Samsung 48% 2 Xiaomi 28% 3 Nokia 12% 4 Apple 6%
Also GlobalStar only covers the continental US and a little farther......
Depending on how strict they are you might be able to smuggle in a Garmin inReach and connect to Iridium now (or an actual Iridium or Inmarsat satellite phone or modem)