is depressing to me--especially as few (Americans, at least) read/study even American history. And ignoring their millennia of incredible ancient history aside, per my sigline, I see us set up to repeat the mistakes of the recent past. Quite obviously, I and every other American would like to see a return in Iran to good relationships with the US--but given how we are destroying these left and right (north and south) given Trump's treatment of former close friends and allies, I don't see this happening. If anything a dictator that may help oil interests might be installed as he intends to do in Venezuela, but both may be just as likely to see unrest, violence, and coups for the next several decades. Better than Ayatollahs? Yes. But...
I was very fortunate as a teen to get to travel--not only throughout Tehran but to Isfahan and some of the ancient relic-laden areas of Iran. It was amazing. But even I, as a teen, only occasionally visiting could see "things" were clearly changing among Iranian people who had HAD it with Americans (especially those women who would insensitively dress incredibly provocatively, despite the country being conservative, but not overly restrictive at the time). My last trip had me avoiding Iranian women on the street, some who had taken to throwing acid at western women. Not all were in that mode as I had a lot of fun interacting with the local neighborhood cops in Tehran--who retained quite the sense of humor. I mention this only to say the CIA had abandoned their integration of "assets" into the country's culture so they were absolutely blindsided. Even this relatively naive' teen from the US could see it coming. 
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