Lol what are you talking about? Who said I have any issue with Iran? Who said I prefer Saudi Arabia?lol. You are making assumptions because of some observations I made?
According to some people on here , if you make an observation about a certain country which isn't positive then they immediately start thinking you have ulterior motives for doing so. I don't understand this sort of thinking.
When I make an observation that is positive towards Israel others also question my motive, when I make one that's is positive response towards Iran it's the same etc etc. Lol According to some of you people here you have to either be with one country and against the other, else they don't understand you. [emoji38] I'm just making observations and from my visits to Gulf states they are far better off than almost any other muslim country I have been to and of all the European and western countries I have been to o don't see Saudis, Qataris ,UAE citizens doing menial jobs or seeking asylum . Just a fact I noticed. No ulterior motives there.
Anyway, every country/power have their interests and their way of going after their interests. Some Western powers use sanctions to further their interests because they can afford to since they are already Industrialised developed countries and basically lead the world. Others have other means they use according to their capabilities. Iran's Interests does clash with that if western powers in the region. U S/U.K/France etc are close allies with many gulf and Arab countries in the middle East, and these countries also consider Iran a threat to them, since the advent of the islamic revolution led by Khomeini who seek to export this revolution to the region threatening these countries governments but also western powers huge investments and interests in these countries. The fact that just after the revolution the U.S embassy in Iran was hijacked and diplomats taken hostage didn't also help either, as it made both sides to become enemies as public opinion about the country nose dived after this event was televised around the country. Couple this with conflict of interests we have had in the region with Iran in Iraq after the U.S/U.K led invasion with Iran supporting shias militias and ither rebel groups against British and U.S forces trying to stabilize the country after the fall of Saddam , Syrian crisis both are on opposing sides as well. However it was during ahmadenejads presidency that real tough sanctions were really imposed due his flamboyant remarks and threats, this only increased distrust between both sides leading to tough sanctions.
However things have improved after the nuclear deal was signed with the coming if power of moderate Rouhani, European powers are also keen to invest in Iran now and improve relations, hopefully things will move in this direction. I believe Ahmadinejad's made things worse for Iran and out the country in an even tougher situation.
I'm not sure it will come to that, since i don't think Iranian leaders(not the president since he's quite open and liberal) will agree to allow FDI from the West to flock in to a certain extent, since from what I have red, many of them believe such investments from the West will capture their market and threaten the country's local industry, this is on top of the influence they believe western countries will have investing in the country. So I don't think attracting FDI is a priority for them, though I agree President Rouhani is trying far more than his hardline predecessor.
However, I believe there are also structural problems in the country itself, it's not just external factors, but also internal ones like high inflation, low wages, corruption, dominance of SOE in the economy, labour laws, investment climate, favouritism etc etc. These are also issues that have to be dealt with.
Too much IF's on your statements there. Lol if we are talking about hypothesis/IFs, then we could also say IF Zimbabwe ir Nigeria didn't have incompetent leaders then they will be wealthier than Britain. Too many hypothesis.
We live in reality so IF's are just wishful speculations.