They are trapped, if they threaten Usa and Israel then the western world will use this against them for propaganda and support for war, If they threaten the GCC then GCC will work with Usa, behind the scenes they all want regime change, its highly likely Israel wants iran to strike gcc bases so they can again make propaganda that iran is a threat to the world, and turn gcc against Iran. West has nukes aswell as Israel so no matter what they hold the upper hand. Iran is on the defence and hoping no attack takes place.
This is all part of a hybrid war. The truth is that they DO NOT HAVE NORMAL CAPACITIES to destroy Iran, even more so now that they have lost several spies inside.
- To achieve "regime change" in Iraq, it took 12 years of war (starting with the Gulf War in 1991 and ending in 2003/2004) with thousands of battles and embargoes killing Iraqis by starvation (and today they don't control all of Iraq).
- To achieve regime change in Syria, it took 14 years of war, starting in 2011 and ending in 2024/2025, and they don't control all of Syria. Today's Iran is infinitely stronger militarily than Syria was in 2011 or Iraq in 2003.
- To achieve regime change in Iran requires total war with soldiers, militants, and bombings, and that would take at least 20 years (starting now, with the government falling in 2045!), and in the end, they wouldn't control everything and could lose, as in Vietnam or Afghanistan.
One solution(for them) would be a nuclear war, but that would be the end of Israel, the US, and Zionist Jews as we know them; they would be hated and hunted for all eternity, and in a few decades, some Shiite would launch a nuclear weapon at Israel as a revenge(it would only be a matter of time).
Therefore, what the US and Israel will do is hybrid warfare and media manipulation, because Iran has reached a level of defense that is difficult to overcome. Look at the speed with which Iran contained the color revolution, cutting off Starlink and other satellite communications (which is unprecedented).