Awhile ago Nick Fuentes had a rant where he said he's done supporting the Palestinians because they don't actually have what it takes to win a fight. Jury's still out, but that might be a good description of Iran too. Spin is one thing, but making easily disproven lies about conflict events is another.

I used to follow a tankie social media channel (China, Iran, Syria, Russia, etc) for a while to see what they were thinking. Their spin was unworldly and they would frequently post spurious claims that would evaporate quietly within weeks. Their rhetoric was insanely tilted, with no pretense of objectivity, and any hint of critical thinking or objective testing in the comments was instantly struck down as seditious. In short, although they achieve occasional victories, tankies are weak-minded drones.