Foolish trolling aside by some here, I will say this is a victory for Iran.
In this entire conflict:
Military Aspect
- IRGC-AF successfully breached the most densely gaurded IADS on earth, the 2nd October Strike was just something that world never saw before, barrages and barrages of RVs/GVs breaching Israeli AD and landing on targets. Capability demonstrated against the worlds greatest foe that controls superpowers, that can take billions out of anyones treasury, can get the most advanced weaponry delivered to its doorstep ! Thats something for a sanctioned state.
Strategic Aspect (More Important)
- Did they cause immense damage? no because Iranian leadership wanted to control the escalation ladder which is why we are seeing this joke of a "retaliation" by Israel. A dog and a Pony Show from both sides. This means that Ayatollahs are smarter than they seem. They have shown the means to harass the enemy to come to the table when they needed. The entire time between the Iranian strike and this clown show by Israel, our FM was in the air, landing here and there doing what he is supposed to do and he succeeded in pushing the enemy to come to Iranian terms "Steam out in front of your public, do a fake show and get the F out", that happened. Iran definitely has something to blackmail otherwise why did Israel not target Iranian nuclear sites or Air bases or IRGC HQs that runs the show from yemen to Lebanon? Because backdoor diplomacy is a better way out for Israel which is what we are seeing and congratulations to Iran, our country is sentient.
- First time we are also seeing US not taking the Israeli side. American case with Iran is a curious one IMO. Why did the AIPAC run US government failed to provide the heat Israel wanted to direct at Iran? I will say the American deep state is not as stupid or Jewish-controlled as people make it out to be. Their dealings with Iran or their overall Iranian Policy is just not entirely dependent upon Israeli wishes. Credit goes to Ayatollah's diplomats for keeping the channels active.
- Iran IMO should not retaliate, we have taken this round successfully. Lets just continue building our nation. We rank 9th in the STEM R&D output in the world, lets go to top 5, we ranked Ist in the world for medal/athlete in Olympics, lets make that 0.5+, lets kick our Sats from LEO to GEO, just progress ...