Pretty sure this will not workout the way they intend. You would think they would remember when Muammar Gaddafi tried to attack the us ships in 1986.
The Mad Mullahs ultimately intend to start a nuclear war. The more dead the better for Iran, even if the Mullahs have to sacrifice themselves and their entire population - that will surely lure the 12th Imam out of the Well he climbed into in the 8th Century; once out, he will lead the forces of Islam to war, bringing everyone to Paradise, aka the extinction of the human race.
That is what they intend.