MadMax at #8 says "It’s the Iranian equivalent of our Amusement Park “Bumper Car”". I think so too.
I don't think Iran is trying to produce a fighter that can credibly go up against US fighters. I think they are trying to produce a manned cruise missile, a kamikaze plane with an embedded nuke that has some chance of getting through to Israel or get close enough to a US carrier fleet.
It sounds like the so called ‘baka bombs’ the Japanese used toward the end of the Second world War. These would be dropped from a bomber and the pilot would guide the rocket powered craft to its target. However, I think that our air defenses have evolved to a point where it would be difficult for someone to try that again.