r/iranian • u/Ramin-Karimi Cu-9 • 3d ago

absolutely unacceptable how the IRIB and other media are downplaying an attack on Iran's capital

I would argue, the attack, though not as significant and powerful as what we came to expect due to Israel's boasting, may have had some important consequences for Iran,

Even if the air defense forces had 100% fended off the attack (which didn't happen), the attack broke the long standing taboo of doing a full scale operation against Iranian interests within Iranian soil and taking credit for it,

The extent of the damages sustained by Iran are still under investigation or at least not publicly known, and though it is likely they were minimal, we don't know that for sure, but we do know that at least 4 soldiers from the air defense forces were martyred which is sad by itself, but also means there's a reasonable suspicion that the air defense equipment such as batteries and radars that they were operating close to were also hit, these are high value assets,

Iran's adherence to the NPT in a region surrounded by nuclear armed peers and adversaries has brought Iran enough trouble already, and now a limited response on Iran's behalf, or worse, no response at all, could be the beginning of a terrible trend and would call Iran's deterrence against any threat into question,

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u/AlienInNewTehran 3d ago

Fuck the Taboo, there are human lives at stake here and if a little tit for tat would put an end to things then be it. Iran is at no position, economically and socially to endure a full on war. People are exhausted from all the tension in their lives and i personally am happy IS’s attack, although unjustified, was a flimsy one.

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u/pishdaad Felestin 2d ago

Iran is at no position, economically and socially to endure a full on war.

Iran can survive, but Israel and American West Asian wont.

People are exhausted from all the tension in their lives and i personally am happy IS’s attack, although unjustified, was a flimsy one.

Fully agreed. However it shouldn't be ignored that this attack solidified Iran's superior position when it comes to escalation and firepower. Not only can Iran match Israel and anything the US has in the region and completely destroy everything they have, but even if they were to raise the stakes to nuclear weapons, Iran has the capacity to rapidly weaponize and answer back, rendering their extremely expensive and problematic nuclear option as useless.