"On the other hand, we are also mindful of the low baserate for a US administration directly attacking Iran. We also considered modelling the administration as being dispositionally very over the top."
So, if US hit Iran, we have to watch out for escalation from Russia and China.
Russia does not want to get into a 1:1 shooting war with the US--especially now that it has a puppet in the WH. Russia has always done what was laid out in GP. It has previously been doing this in Iran, Syria, etc.