I'm no expert in this area, but I have been paying attention. Iran's government is much more fragmented than what I'm accustomed to as a US citizen - the impres

I'm no expert in this area, but I have been paying attention. Iran's government is much more fragmented than what I'm accustomed to as a US citizen - the impression I get is that there are factions in Iran that have differing and sometimes opposed agendas. It seems like the group poking the bear right now are in control of the military (or at least, their navy), but I've not seen any indication that the political class is in support. This wouldn't be unprecedented. Japan had similar issues in the leadup to World War 2. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_Incident