First, it's an enormous amount of assets being moved around by US/NATO. So it's not a joke.
Second, whatever Iran talked up with Hamas and Hizballah....probably involved some kind of promise of support, and the generals of Iran who sat at the table....calculated that it would not come to touch them. Maybe they told the religious 'bosses' this, but I seriously doubt it.
Third, help from Russia is marginal to zero for Iran. All that wasted assets for the Ukraine war, you know.
Fourth, I would imagine from the US and Europe....there has to be at least a couple hundred Jihad guys roaming around and part of some threat.
Fifth, anyone figuring that Egypt, Jordan or Syria has any interest in this mess.....is pulling your leg. They will just quietly sit there and view the actions going on.
Sixth, it's just odd.....China fired their chief general in the past week. Maybe nothing much, but it's odd on timing.
Seventh, if I were targeting crap in Iran? I'd target oil refinery operations, military depots, runways, and TV studios. Just for the hell of it...I might target the modesty police headquarters around Tehran. To be honest, I think more than half the nation would like to see the national gov't of Iran to fall.
Eighth and final, this is mostly all about inciting people in the region to be anti-US/anti-NATO/anti-Israel....for the decades to come. The mere fact that you have Jews in the US, who are already anti-Israel over the action....says a lot over propaganda of the past decade.