No one denies that Iran has strategic partnerships in the region. The question comes down to whether you believe armed resistance is ever legitimate or you blanket-dismiss it as "terrorism", in order to justify the territorial encroachment, ethnic cleansing, or mass murder that is brazenly perpetrated by Israel.
Armed resistance is legitimate as long as harm to civilians is carefully avoided.
Let's not downplay it as "strategic partnerships" and "armed resistance". It is terrorism. Both sides perpetrate it.
Alas, both sides are very much engaged in their own brands of terrorism, and both sides' propogandists will attempt to crucify you if you call what they do terrorism.
Are you saying the IDF is a terrorist organization?