A regime that merely changes tactics under pressure – and is not forced into foundational restructuring – is not reformed, but temporarily constrained. 

47 years of the Ayatollah regime’s rogue track record determines that expecting this regime to be potentially reformed – while its core architecture is not overhauled – is speculative and unrealistic.

The Ayatollah’s Islamic Republic is not merely a government that can be reformed, deconflicted or voted out; rather, it is an ideological ecosystem.  Thus, the prerequisite for an effective reform to occur, the core pillars (the DNA) that sustain this ecosystem must be entirely dismantled and uprooted.  An effective reform must preclude a potential renewal of the Ayatollah ideology.