Rely on Iran?

The Islamic Republic has been violating international norms since Khomeini took power. You do not capture an embassy, but he did. You do not blow up peacekeepers, but the Ayatollah did. You do not assassinate people in other countries, but Iran did. You do not commission a fellow to try to stab an author dead at a conference in New York, even if he only manages to blind the writer in one eye. The mad mullahs may make a ceasefire for their own survival but will keep the truce only as long as it is to their advantage.