from todays online Tehran Times
What is behind the rhetoric about war on Iran? - Tehran Times
The emphases are mine
"it is clear that a military attack on Iran cannot be a viable option for Israel. There are a number of good reasons to rule out the possibility of such a strike.
(1) They know that a strike could not stop Iran’s nuclear program (which they claim would be the purpose of the strike),
but it would justify Iran’s drive to acquire access to various types of weapons to defend itself.
(2) Even Israeli and U.S. strategists, who believe that the strike could delay Iran’s nuclear program, say that the strike would only set back Iran’s program for two years, and thus it would not be worth the trouble to start a war with Iran.
(3) Any attack against Iran would strengthen Iran’s national cohesion, and the Iranian people would call on officials to give a firm response to the Westerners. As a result, no one in Iran would support the opposition groups anymore, dashing the Westerners’ hopes to overthrow the Islamic system through providing support to the opposition.
(4)
Iran has shown that it is totally prepared to counter any military threat and is capable of involving regional and extra-regional countries in any possible war, so they know that any act of adventurism against Iran would be dangerous and that the stakes are high.
(5)
U.S. and Israeli intelligence and military officials do not believe that Iran’s nuclear program is their number one threat. They
know that the Arab Spring is a much greater threat to their interests. "
Warped thinking from the official Iranian Government mouthpiece