Mourad Vaisi, senior analyst at Iran International, said: «The fundamental strategic flaw of the Islamic Republic in dealing with the storm that lies ahead is that it assumes America and Israel are unaware of its calculations and plans, while they have also identified this strategy. Another weakness is the Islamic Republic’s hope that America and Israel will not attack until the U.S. election; a calculation that could turn out completely wrong and become a deadly mistake for the Islamic Republic.»