Unfortunately (perhaps) Iran isn't as "weak" as we in the west are led to believe - the drone strike on the USA base in Qatar, for example, we were told that there was no damage done to the base, and the POTUS laughed at how "weak" Iran's attacks were.

Then it turned out to be bluster, there /was/ damage.[0]

It's /really/ hard to get good independent coverage of most politically charged events (The fog of war, etc)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_strikes_on_Al_Udeid_Ai...