Nice plan.
It’s not “nice”. It is evil. A “nice” plan should have been done years ago, a satellite TV channel to show the Iranians the horror of nuclear war.
This is because the typical “Iranian on the street” has no idea of what nuclear weapons can do, because for them it is a cross between just “a big bomb”, and Aladdin’s lamp, giving them everything they want right now and at little cost.
A nuclear bomb will make everyone respect them. It will make Iran powerful. It will defend them against foreign enemies. It will make them the dominant regional power. It will drive the US out of the middle east and give Iran hegemony. It will make the Shiite dominant in Islam, perhaps unifying the “Shiite crescent”, and even giving them control over Mecca. It will allow them to destroy their hated enemies.
Just like Aladdin’s lamp. And they see no downside to this. No retribution or costs.
And their leaders thrive on this popular ignorance, perhaps in the hope that either having nuclear weapons, or using nuclear weapons, will beckon the return of the 12th Imam.
Only reality can penetrate the haze of fantasy. Nuclear war will kill millions. Conventional war tens or hundreds of thousands. A horrible nuclear accident, “only” tens of thousands.
It is still evil. But it might save vast numbers of innocent lives, that would otherwise be forfeit.