“Iran has developed the mindset that Japan had just prior to Pearl Harbor.”
That’s prima facie proof right there they are crazier than a sh!t house rat.
Japan was already a world power with at least 10X the industrial capacity of Iran, even now. They also had the second best Navy in the world.
Iran has nothing more than delusions of grandeur.
I don’t believe they are so unhinged, or stupid, to attack a US Capital Ship at sea with Iranian flagged forces. Or from Iranian soil.
Hopefully you are right. If they don’t attack, the sanctions will weaken their economy and cause political and social instability. This will put an enormous strain on the bizarre mullahs who claim to welcome death. Not sure they will behave rationally and may very well repeat the mistakes that Japan made in a similar situation. Excessive pride, some military capability, hard pressed by sanctions and an enemy that you bitterly hate in range of your guns is a bad scenario.