As would 90% of the other Muslim countries. Iran is a pariah, no one really supports them. Almost every other country knows they will be part of the collateral damage if there is a war between Iran and fill-in-the-blank.
The Iranian government has been facing dissatisfaction from most of their population for decades....
You don't grow a nuclear scientists overnight, and you just don't go to U of Chicago, or wherever, to recruit one. That is a hell of an expensive and important asset to kill off.