Statement:
You will be safer in Sri Lanka than in Iran

In the Safest countries rating Sri Lanka holds position #89 2022 out of 161 and Iran is #139 out of 161 2022.
Position of Sri Lanka is better than position of Iran.
Iran is an outsider of the "Safest countries" rating. It could be dangerous. So you need to take additional actions and not to be frivolous, compared to Sri Lanka

Referencies:

  1. Safest countries 2022 by GLOBAL PEACE INDEX
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in ascending order.
    Iran 'Score' value is 2.69
    Sri Lanka 'Score' value is 2.02