Iranians are naive, they're innocent people, they're not in the habit of questioning people in authority, that's the most important reason why we are in this position...the Westerners are much more suspicious and spiteful of their leaders, which in turn keeps those leaders on their toes.
We on the other hand laud respect on these incompetent fools....instead of bouncing them out of power and replacing them with capable people. Look at the average age of these guys...they're ancient, out of touch, with very little world experience, they're trapped in their bubble and think the world behaves/or thinks like them.