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I can see one other possibility for this whole operation: they won't send any spec ops team under the cover of the Kharg Island attack, they'll just DECLARE at a press conference that they did and that they captured the uranium as a way to withdraw and declare victory. MAGA would buy that in an instant.
Would be hilarious if Trump does so and Iran decides to contridict it by testing a nuke and announcing it to the world.
The problem with that is it won't keep Iran from continuing to strike at US bases and Israel and keeping the straight closed. For this to work they would either have to convince the public that Iran totally isn't still attacking their bases and interests in the region (pretty much impossible in the information age where videos of strikes take minutes to reach the screens at home, not to mention the oil problem), or they would have to completely withdraw from the region (unacceptable for them as their main concern currently is trying to stop America's loss of influence and power on the world).