Iranians smarter than Americans?

The are Iranians smarter than the Americans? The evidence would seem to suggest so. President Obama made a video appeal to the Iranian government for a change in their relationship with each other. Besides the spectacle of the POTUS grovelling to the Iranian government, this whole event was very illuminating. Obama pulled out his election winning strategy on the Iranians, he cried out "Change", and instead of losing their minds like the American electorate the Iranians said in effect, "Go ahead." What will Obama do now? The best arrow in his quiver has failed. There are a people on the face of the earth that will not follow him when he says the magical word "change". The Iranians actually expect him to do something.