I nearly forgot. You wrote:

"But essentially what you are saying is not that you trust him more but the Iranian people more. I might agree if I knew more."

Many times throughout history and prehistory there have been expansions of culture from the Iranian plateau. Almost always they have produced improvements in the human condition. The Kassites, the Medes and Persians. Most of the best of Islamic culture is actually Persian. Iranian culture had a huge influence on Jewish ideas. The whole idea that there is a battle between good and evil is Zoroastrian. It remains to be seen if there will be another cultural expansion from Iran. I certainly am not in a hurry to condemn Iranian ideas.