I do agree. Non conventional militaries tend to score on the optics and symbolism rather than achieving real military objectives. For them, the real objective is to get enough like minded clowns to cheer on their clownery.
The IRGC is not a conventional military. It can do sub-conventional warfare through drones, missiles, and guerilla warfare, but it will fall like a house of cards if to goes to war against a country like Israel, USA, Pakistan, Russia, China, India, France/UK (at their peaks).