Iran and the War of Narratives: Escalation Dominance Reestablished or Lost?

Originally published on 3 October 2024.
2 days after Iran's large scale strikes at Israeli targets the media landscape is trying to make sense of what happened. It is not all-out war, but it was the most forceful proof of Iranian Power to date. What was the message? In the following, I'll go through some reports to try to make sense of the situation.