Leaving aside the fact that Rebs is Islamophobic in general, he requires that not only should oppose the current Iranian government but that one completely agree with anything he says in detail. Otherwise, one is a loving supporter of that regime. Unfortunately, he can’t deal with any complexity, especially the kind that would appear if he were to have ever read a book about Iran.
For one thing, the mullahs will NEVER be gone, because this is the center of Shiite Islam and mullahs are a major part of it. Wiping out their arms is not going to make them fall; it will make the regime stronger. And they are not going to run out of money unlike everyone stops using oil.
Can Iran reform? Of course. But it would need a radical approach. In the meantime, like typical tyrants; like Russia, North Korea, and recently the US, the government gets much of their strength from pointing to various enemies.
And by the way. There was no way that Iran would be a nuclear threat for to anyone for many years.
A bit to play out yet with this conflict against the Mullahs. We’ll see about the Mullahs never going. Not all Iranians are Muslims radicals. The Persians are very much of mixed persuasions and the 15 million Kurds in Iran hate the Mullahs.

