One future for Iran would be mostly an extension of what already exists, i.e., an Iran run by conservative clerics and an aggressive Revolutionary Guard, with the latter increasingly enjoying the upper hand. The Iranian regime would continue to brutally repress its domestic opponents, meddle in Iraq and Afghanistan, arm and fund Hezbollah and Hamas, and, most important, develop the ability to construct one or more nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them.
对于伊朗来说，未来的其中一种走向就是继续延续现状，比如一个由保守派宗教学者和激进的伊斯兰革命卫队所把持，且后者权重不断增加的伊朗。伊朗政权将继续残酷镇压国内反对派，染指伊拉克和阿富汗事务，武装并资助黎巴嫩真主党和哈马斯，而更要紧的，则是制造一枚或多枚核武器并发展出相应的核武运载能力。