Captain Hooshang Shahbazi was in command of the IranAir 727 as it made an emergency landing at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport last week following the failure of its nose landing gear.
But he has now spoken of his anger after being hit with the ban while the crash landing is investigated.
With 94 passengers and 19 crew aboard, captain Shahbazi showed nerves of steel bringing the defective plane down safely.
Speaking in Iran's reformist newspaper Etemaad, the pilot compared his experience unfavourably with that of U.S. pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who was feted across the global for landing his plane safely in the Hudson River, New York, in 2009.
He said: 'They have not even called to say thank you.
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