VEVAK
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Subs have a "fear" factor attached to them...Even their possible existence in a body of water will be a very good "denial" tool against a more advanced adversary with almost unlimited resources. They will be spending lots of time finding these subs rather than attacking (the weak belly of the US navy is dead sailors floating on water!).
As for Fateh, I once did a comparison with the German U boats and they are almost in the same size..so they may not carry much payload but their fear factor will empty that green zone to a large degree...Bigger subs are great but also their loss will also be more painful (and Iran will lose quite a few of these subs if fighting against US).
A 600 ton sub vs a 1000 ton is really not that different in mass and size to be that much different even if you where to compare it to a heavier German Type-209 at 1800 tons your talking about 150ft long submarine vs a 200ft long sub where one can dive to over twice the depth and has twice the speed and firepower