But that's only one tiny angle. What if I were stack up my own data?

Gulf Arabs Reject Iran Defense Offer, Reuter, October 9, 1997

DUBAI - Gulf Arab defense chiefs have rejected an Iranian offer of joint war-games and said they would continue to depend on the West to guarantee their defense for the foreseeable future.

Major-General Faleh Abdallah al-Shatti, the Gulf Cooperation Council's top military official, said they would "continue to rely on the United States, Britain and France to guarantee their defense well into the foreseeable future."

At the same time he ruled out any prospect of joint exercises between the six Arab monarchies and the Islamic republic in the near future.

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Iran's Missiles Concern U.S., United Press International, October 9, 1997

WASHINGTON - Israel and the United States say they must remain vigilant against the threat of Iranian missiles.

Israeli President Ezer Weizman visited the Pentagon today for talks with Defense Secretary William Cohen on the Middle East peace process and regional security.

Cohen said Iran's missile program is "greatly threatening to all in the region." He added the United States and its allies must "exercise as much influence and leverage as we can toward those countries that are supplying that technology."

Iran already has an array of missile capabilities, including surface- to-air launched weapons that could strike deep into several Middle East nations. U.S. military officials are concerned that Tehran may develop nuclear, chemical or biological warheads that, combined with Iran's large navy, would increase its threat to both the Gulf states and the Mideast.
http://www.iran-e-azad.org/english/boi/07601010_97.html

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"Severe and Sustained Discriminatory Practices" Against Religious Minorities, The Washington Post, January 24, 1998

Followers of all the world's major religions -- Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Baha'is -- all suffer detention, torture and death, an official commission said yesterday.

The findings were included in a report prepared for President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright by the Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad...

In one section, the report cited Iran as a country where "severe and sustained discriminatory practices" have had a devastating effect on the Baha'i faith. Iran has taken steps to eliminate the Baha'i adherents by denying them the right to assemble and confiscating their property, the report said. It said more than 200 Baha'is have been killed since the 1979 revolution in Iran.

"The climate of intimidation in Iran has also . . . affected certain Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian communities, whose members have been victims of harassment, persecution and extrajudicial killing," the study said.
http://www.iran-e-azad.org/english/boi/08230126_98.html

You see, there is more out there than just a nasty ol' drug cartel and the mean ol' government trying to make a profit on it.

Here’s the secret. Iran is very much aware of the fact that they are a target nation in the War on Terrorism.

Cheers,
Dan