Psyops, threats, barking. They can and could, this is their last pressure tool. Funny, I read the article, they're angry and crying about the fact that Iran did not collapse as a nation and typically activated their fanboyism about how strong their genocidal and colonial regime is and that IsQatil could attack Iran again.
They will cry hard when Iran uses ALL of its leverage if they start to escalate. We didnt do much, strait of hormuz was left open, regional oil and gas facilities were not hit, enemy bases were not hit, only al udeid (even though hit lightly), our regional allies were not activated.
I remember their big mouth and arrogance towards Russia, same style, now they're crying (Ohh trump doesnt help, ohh kiev is burning, ohhh airdefence depleted)