Actually, in terms of your average Persian Iranians tend to be quite bright. The article mentions Israeli opinion, with which I would tend to agree. If the government theocrats and their enforcers were somehow no longer able to cow and terrorize their own people they’d be good to have on our side once more. 1979 events are probably the worst example of incompetence in a completely incompetent four years of peanut farmer administration. And Obama in 2009, as usual, out performed him on the same stage.