@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidAn old hardline mullah was replaced by the younger hardline mullah who would have replaced him later anyway.
They had a regime, not a dictator.
The regime is still standing. Trump has failed to take this out, and has actually empowered them. (And in the long run will cause much more suffering to the Iranian people).
A mess of his own making.
Edit: Please engage your brain.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.