Probably the fact that it's not at war with one of our "allies". And because it's not threatening to use nuclear weapons, bombing civilians, taking children hostage, disrupting food supply chains...
The middle east isn't exactly a garden full of fruit and sunshine.
I don't think that whataboutism is helping, do you?
You said explicitly "it's because it's not doing these terrible things", but it is doing terrible things (like practicing slavery). Clearly those are not the reason.