No question that the mullahs and their thugs are fundamentally evil. However they are not without assets. In fact ever since they obtained state of the art Chinese made stealthy land to sea missiles ( which featured US designed encrypted guidance systems compliments of Bill Clinton), the Iranians control the Persian Gulf.In the event of shooting , the big capital ships, including the carriers, of the US Navy could not survive in the narrow, shallow Gulf. The US Navy would suffer a debacle worse than Pearl Harbor in less than 15 minutes. Of course the Iranian nation and culture would soon cease to exist, but it would be at great cost and suffering for the American people.
Also it should be understood that the war in Syria will not be resolved until Israel is certain Iran and its allies have been removed. Te Iranians have deployed equally hard to stop mobile medium range stealth missile batteries in forward positions they control in Syria. Absolutely intolerable for the Israelis.
You make a powerful analysis, assuming all that you say is true, of some major strategic breakthroughs. When things come to a head, and they will, I sure do hope that we have some pre-emptive surprises in place — surprises that would render Iran’s command/control systems inoperative; surprises that would set their nuclear aspirations back 25 years.
And, if all you say is true, you have studied very deeply into categories I could scarcely guess at.