Sympathy for Iran

While i deplore Iran's recent political history ,its aggression , its anti semitism and probably support for terrorist groups... Its moves are understandable from their perspective.
      If one follows the work of Noam Chomsky western powers have been manipulating the middle east for over a century, and the Islamic states are fed up of it. They have genuine grievances that has resulted in a hardline position against the west for some states.
      The west knows that the greatest superpower in world history would be  a single islamic power bloc in the middle east . With their oil wealth they would have a stranglehold on the world economy , and their military while 2nd rate compared to the US would still be a regional power.
        The war on terror would also have made the Iranian administration more insecure about their hold on power . To draw a simple analogy :
    If a gang of thugs kills your next door neighbour on your right side and take all his wealth, then the following year kills the neighbour on your left side , isnt it within your right to get weapons to defend yourself against that same gang?
      Afghanistan and Iraq have fallen to US forces very easily , the tenuous part of those wars resulted only during occupation. Guerrilla war is always messy and very hard to fight as seem in Vietnam. In the case of Aghanistan it would probably require 1 million troops to secure the nation , no army in history has ever subdued it.
     Afghanistan and Iraq are Iran's neighbours and US forces could easily cross over into Iran from their bases in those states.  A US carrier fleet in the Persian Gulf could also wipe out Iranian air and naval power in the region within a week. Iran's military might cannot save its administration ,  so the only hope is a nuclear weapon that would make invasion an unattractive target.
     I do believe that Iran simply wants nuclear weapons to reach the status of North Korea as the neighborhood badguy that cannot be touched. US and South Korean forces could wipe out North Korea very quickly - but the risks associated with a messy war and nuclear fallout make that proposition extremely unattractive .
        But i do completely understand  and sympathize with the Iranian position : Either you submit to the will of the Western powers , or you fight to maintain sovereignty and the longevity of your regime