This is also the country that the United States CIA initiated a coup against a sovereign government, by their own admission.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27état#:....
It’s also the country where we assassinated a general in 2020 without a declaration of war.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Solei...
Is it actually that hard for you to believe that this could be a false flag stage by the United States?