From my point of view:

It is hard for me to make sense of what has happened in the Middle East since the October 7th massacre of young people mostly at a Concert in Israel. It is a nightmare for the whole world ongoing now and could even lead in some ways towards World War III unless everyone is pretty careful. The way things are escalating now I wouldn't be surprised at all if Tehran or Tel Aviv are hit with a nuke and cratered. I'm not sure what would happen on earth then. However, the way Putin and Iran are aligned you can be sure that Putin is a part of the destabilization of the middle East and likely paid for the October 7th Attack either directly or indirectly to try to take the world's attention off of Ukraine and what has been happening there since 2014.