Donald Trump is a bully who only respects strength. Look how low he regards Europeans as "weak" because they don't resist him, and how he has respect for Putin and Xi. Strength. Streetwise strength.
Donald Trump has found a new toy, which is to use his military at no cost to him. So far, he has gotten lucky to not have any, or significant casualties in these operations. That is why he thinks he can use it against Iran, because the last time, Iran did not really respond.
If Iran wants to not be the subject of continued Trump attention to serve as a political distraction for him in the future, Iran has to raise the cost to Trump personally. It has to impose a real cost.
Ideally, Iran can bag a stealth bomber or two if that is what the Americans plan on using ( perfect opportunity for China to test some new anti-stealth equipment ) as a cost. Or, it can take on an American base in one of the Arab states, and totally take it fully out of operation with no "signalling" or co-ordination to reduce casualties. Bahrain would be better? Closer etc.
Donald Trump is a bully.
This maybe Iran’s last chance to stop a bigger war. If Iran is easy now and it does not force a real cost on the Americans, then war is most certainly coming. Trump will be tricked into it as an easy job for him and how it will be good for his legacy to take care of the Iran problem. Israel wants a war to start because it knows once it starts, it will cause significant damage on Iran and that works for them regardless. So, Iran has to deter that decision making logic for Trump