In an ideal world, Iran should have been forced to scrap its nuclear program altogether and hand over all of its enriched uranium to an outside power; but, realistically, that was unattainable. So the outcome of the Geneva talks is that Iran has secured some international legitimation as a nuclear-threshold power, which deeply worries its regional neighbors, from Saudi Arabia and Israel to Turkey, Egypt, and the small and vulnerable Gulf states.
理想世界的处理方法应当是迫使伊朗完全放弃核计划，并将浓缩铀全部移交给外部大国掌控；但现实世界中这相当于痴人说梦。因此日内瓦会谈的结果是伊朗作为核国家取得了某种国际合法性，阿拉伯、以色列、土耳其、埃及和弱小的海湾国家因此而深感不安。