well what choice do they have they're really the only remaining counter-power to israel in the region saudis, emirates, jordan, egypt are all usa (and by proxy israeli) aligned, that's the plan or was the plan anyway. normalizing relations with most of the arab world. iran stands alone as an islamic theocratic state that opposes israel and the usa. it's pretty obvious who's gonna end up winning this one, so they don't exactly have a lot of options. all they have is their missile program which, while advanced, clearly isn't up to the job. they talk a big game but there's just not much they can do. i don't think they can afford to care about how the world sees them, at this point
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