Things are not going very well, smooth and comforting, in Iran as their holdings and allies are collapsing like a warm sun melting the snow. It's all falling into wet, sticky grabbing mud. They are evening running out of petrol (gas) in a country rich in oil.
Make friends with hounds you get to smell like the hound. Then you attract bugs that like the smell as smell equals food. Interesting, a drop chop pick up.