I don't think that's exactly what we're getting. Iran seems to have successfully killed all the willing 'freedom' fighters(5±% of the population), and avoided a secular takeover, the people left simply didn't have the will. They won't be liberalizing anytime soon but things won't be quiet as bad as they were. The price paid to do that was getting utterly neutered as a military power, losing out on their nuclear aspirations and some religious/philosophical egg on their face(in Islam you don't "lose" Allah either rewards you or punishes you). Plus, they're effectively out of the short term game and probably will be for the next 50 years. They're going to toll/tax the fuck out of Europe and their relationships with China and Russia are ruined so that's also a nice cherry on top of this shit sunday. So what were left with is an Iran that doesn't suck as much and will begrudgingly go along with US interests, while also financial fucking Europe, Russia and China as it no longer has any friends. I'm not disappointed and I'm also not impressed, I'm whelmed. It's the gas station hot dog of outcomes.