Mercedes-Benz trucks: Successful history in Iran Daimler can build on a long and successful history in Iran: The company has been present in the market with Mercedes-Benz trucks and passenger cars since 1953, interrupted only by the sanctions phase between 2010 and 2016. Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles are still present here and remain very much visible on Iran's roads. Previously Daimler sold up to 10,000 vehicles per year here, most of them commercial vehicles.