The notion of Iran as a perpetual punching bag has likely vanished, 110+ years of established dogma gone. So in terms of diplomacy this entire episode should be in Iran's favour.
Whether it's a military success depends on what the goal is. If it was supposed to destroy a big portion of the Israeli airforce, then it's certainly an Israeli victory. If it's instead a simulated nuclear strike, then hitting some of the most well defended areas in Israel and likely on Earth with their ballistic missiles might count as an Iranian success.
The Iranian response is smart, strong, and decisive, and it has confused Netanyahu's calculations and his aggressive policy. There are those who do not like the response for many considerations, and this is taken for granted, because it is against Iran all along. That is why I present here an objective reading far from prior positions.
Merely launching hundreds of marches and missiles at Israel is considered an important precedent upon which to break the prestige of the occupation and threaten its existence.
Tehran has succeeded in strengthening new rules of engagement based on several foundations: first, for every action there is a reaction, and the time of waiting for a response to come at the appropriate time and place has ended. Iran will protect its sovereignty and policy in the region, and will work to strengthen its presence and capabilities in the region.
That is why I think it is difficult for Israel to respond directly to Iran, and Netanyahu will swallow his tongue and swallow the blow. Indeed, the occupation operations targeting Iranian activity in Syria will become complicated, and the Israeli occupation will make many calculations before any operation targeting Iran, overtly or covertly.
The other matter is that I believe that this response came with the information of neighboring countries. Iran informed everyone who had the marches flying over them before the attack. Therefore, it was an announced act and not a secret one, and it increased the strength of the response. It is a purposeful political act and not a purely operational act.
However, there are reports of the arrival of many... Of missiles on precise military bases and airports in northern Palestine and in the south, and the Israeli occupation is concealing the losses due to strict military oversight, but Israel knows what it was exposed to, just as Iran knows what it targeted. Iran also tested the Israeli defense force at the lowest cost and without a price, with “old marches.”
It seems that Biden also took advantage of the Iranian response to deliver clear messages to Netanyahu: that without the United States he is worth zero.
