TBH all the trash talking, fraud and boasting makes them look weak and fearful rather than strong, like they are covering up a scam. I think the claims that the Iranians are very close to the bomb are questionable. Both the US/Israel constantly claim a nuclear iran for 30 years. Also dubious is the claim that the targets they went after are the keys to final victory. The country is large and very mountainous, did they check every nook & cranny? Also Israel claimed that they killed 30 top leaders and scientists, the majority of them without proof. In less than 2 weeks, Israel has claimed $12 billion dollars of damages and war expenses so far, and this is on top of whatever the US spent to support their offensive. If Israel claim this than the real number is probably way higher. I see some analysts estimate 40-25 billion dollars of expenditure/losses: https://www.investing.com/news/politics-news/israel-estimates-3-billion-in-damages-from-iran-war-93CH-4112185 What is more interesting is how Iran is relatively quiet and unaggressive outside of firing 550+ missiles at Israel, outside the Ayatollah's communication. They can rightfully claim that they won this round, they absorbed what the US-Israel did and they got Trump to ceasefire. Overall it is likely that Israel and the US threw in the towel when they realized the cost of defending against those missiles.