In other words, the war offered martyrdom that some peace-loving, religious wimps might have thoughtlessly denied young Iranians.
In attempting to evaluate whether or not the Iranians would embrace a war in which they all die and we all die, Netanyahu and the Saudis have obviously reached the conclusion that nothing would please the Ayatollahs more than a nuclear holocaust. So, if you’re familiar with the Chamberlain Munich moment, when the British prime minister was hoping to gain time during which he would bring his army and airforce up to speed—think of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Hitler with a nuclear plant.
Unfortunately, he is unafraid.