New Iran – New Intentions

Guest blog by Ishaal Zehra

The attack which killed the National Deputy Commander of the ground forces of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (RG), General Noor Ali Shooshtari and the provincial commander for Sistan-Baluchistan, Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh along with some senior officers and 42 others in a homicide bombing inflicted Iran’s worst military casualties in years.

Quick after the mishap, an Iranian military official went as far as to raise the prospect of a possible military offensive into Pakistan against the group blamed for the attack. “There is even unanimity that these operations (could) take place in Pakistan territory,” the ISNA news agency quoted MP Payman Forouzesh as saying. While the headquarters of Iran’s armed forces blamed the bombing on “terrorists” backed by “the Great Satan America and its ally Britain,” Fars News Agency said Sunday.

Islamabad strongly denied the allegations and said the attack was an attempt to “spoil ties” with Iran. “There are forces which are out to spoil our relations with Iran. But our ties are strong enough to counter these machinations,” said the Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit while dismissing the allegations.

The point to ponder is that, how come Pakistan would be wishing to create unrest in some neighbour while its own house is burning. Pakistan has been the victim of worst type of terror since many years. The war which initially started in Afghanistan was purposely shifted to Balochistan province of ours as a part of the Great Game. Amid the GWOT the active involvement of many countries intelligence agencies in Balochistan was observed. These agencies, while playing with the internal conflicts of the center and the Baloch people, are subversively involved in provision of funds and arms to different armed groups. This has been proved many a times that the outlawed armed groups of Balochistan, BLA and BRA are funded and trained by Indian RAW. Even the websites of BLA and greater Balochistan are updated from India. The role of Indian consulate offices in Afghanistan is suspected since their origin.

Keeping in view the sensitivity of the problem, it is difficult for India to openly support the Baluch insurgency because it may harm her relations with Iran (never bother about Pakistan). If the Indians will come out openly in support of the BLA, anti-Indian elements in Pakistan will quickly bracket New Delhi with the alleged Great Game of the US against Iran.

Indian relation with Iran have generally been viewed by observers as a tightrope walking to balance out her interests in Iran as well with the US. India, knowingly, that sidestepping the international community’s efforts to thwart Iran’s so-called drive for nuclear weapons would only devalue her credibility in the eyes of global power, New Delhi is fast trying to convey an unambiguous message that a nuclear armed Iran is as unacceptable to India as it is to the US, the U.K. or France. Hence, India (a good time’s friend) seems to be all set to dump Tehran to seek new alliances and please her new friends.

Iran is a regional power and an aspiring nuclear state which poses a threat to Israeli expansionism in Middle East. There is no denying the fact that Iran’s nuclear programme has been a persistent worry for both, US and Israel. And the choice between new allies and old friend is getting tough on India. To understand India’s dilemma, it requires a critical view of her relation with both Israel and Iran. There has been a steady strengthening of the India’s relationship with Israel ever since India established full diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992. Ever since then, the flourishing Indo- Israel relationship has gained much potential to make a significant impact on the global politics, by altering the balance of power not only in South Asia but the Middle East as well. Today, India has become the biggest market for Israeli arms with their strategic, defence and intelligence cooperation growing at a rapid pace. Where as, on the other hand, the vast oil and gas reserves of Iran serve magnetic affiliation to the quenching India’s long term thirst for energy. And yet another attraction in Iran’s case is that she offers India access to Afghanistan and Central Asia, side-lining Pakistan.

Given the scenario, India is more likely to tilt towards Israel in future. As regardless of her important ties with Arab countries and Iran, her lure for intelligence consultations with Israel seems a durable one. Until now, India has veered between cooperation and altercation in case of Iran yet in the time to come we may expect India to go along with Israel and US in destroying Iran, one of the country in Bush’s war against his self-selected axis of evil. A nuclear Iran suspected of supporting Palestinians and organizations sympathetic to them, faces a great threat of attack on its nuclear installations. And India would support such an operation clandestinely, while opposing in front of the world, not to annoy Iran because of economic reasons. Amusingly, India’s interest in the proposed IPI gas line project diminished sharply from the time the US-India nuclear deal began to take shape. Probably, the US wants to undermine India-Iran economic relations to such an extent that New Delhi becomes a stakeholder in its plan against Iran.

The geopolitical implications of the collaborations between India, US and Israel are grave and manifold. Despite the denials, India is playing a secret role in US strategy against Iran for past many years. India regardless of having close ties with Iran stabbed her in the back by joining EU-3 on Iran’s nuclear issue. It is no more a secret that EU-3 is no longer acting independently, but as a surrogate of the US. How piteous that a democracy ended up as a deputy of a surrogate. History has witnessed how India once used the friendly ties with Tehran as a ladder to achieve US and European community’s support to secure permanent seat in Security Council. Thanks to her mean and wanton nature which made her vote twice against the same Iran in the IAEA governing board, thus endorsing the US agenda for confrontation with Iran. Nevertheless, the Indian vote against Iran has extensively lowered her global structure and credibility. Despite her close economic and political relations, if India could stab a friendly country like Iran in the back, then she could not be considered trustworthy by other developing countries.

The thriving indo-Israeli relations are posing a direct threat to Iran. Their trade has grown exceptionally over the years, especially after the launch of Israeli spy satellite from the Indian Space center, the tie got even stronger. The launch of TecSAR has considerably enhanced Israel’s intelligence-gathering capability. The satellite is clearly affecting the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, as its ability to produce image in adverse weather and even at night allowed Israel to obtain more information about the Iranian nuclear programme. Though India officially argues that she has commercially utilized her advanced technological capacity but the act brought to light India’s full cooperation to dissuade, isolate and if necessary sanction and contain Iran. Nevertheless, Iran should realize that a friend of your enemy can never be your friend and India has already established herself as Israel’s friend and Iran’s foe at many instances.

It is time that India’s credibility as a friendly democracy should be weighed by other developing countries of the world. The Indo-Israel nexus, under the US patronage, is posing a threat to the Muslim world. All their ambitions revolve around targeting particularly Muslim states that are energy rich and either nuclear or threshold nuclear states. It is high time that the Islamic countries take a unified and concrete step to cater this ghastly menace, or else it might become too late.


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110 responses to “New Iran – New Intentions”

  1. dr jawwad khan Avatar
    dr jawwad khan

    thanks for returning to old style of page. this is much easier than the new style. 1 page is better and easier than multiple pages.

    @Amir mughal!

    pakistani society loves abuses. especially verbal abuses is very common in our society.

    verbal abuses doesn't bother very much.

    i use abusive language but how many people complained about this?

    consider people are waiting in a long line.one guy looses his patience and starts abusing govt and other department.

    and in the same line other guy,politely asks other people to stand down and moves forward to reach the counter.

    tell me who is more annoying?

    the man abusing in a line and waiting for his turn.

    or

    the man politely and gently pushing the people backward to reach the counter.

    VERBAL ABUSE IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO IRRITATE PEOPLE.

    in a real life a well mannered person could be more annoying and troublesome than a guy who easily loose temper.

  2. farrah shah Avatar
    farrah shah

    Amir

    @ By the way I had just quoted the Original Quotes of Sufis.

    @One of my message carried quotes from Quran and Hadith. I hope both are not provocative for you???

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    Amir I think any sane person would avoid to bring Quran and Hadith in a political discussion.

    I delibrately avoid to put Quran and Hadith in my discussion because I am always afraid of putting things out of context and misinterpretting them,precisely the Quran and Hadith.

    It had tormented me to great extent to see you putting up authentic texts and adjusting them to your personal reasoning or the personal reasoning of THE AUTHOR ABC.

    SHIATS ,Sunnis and Wahabis there is plenty of stuff written against all of them.There are plenty of reservations among them.Are we not all aware ?

    What is the point of posting these differences and belittling texts here.

    Your whole debate was pointless.If you think Dr.Jawwad is wrong (who as per your labelling is follower of Jamat-e-Islami thought) which to me is straight sort of Islam.YOu constantly persue your arguement against him because he is a Jamat-e-Islami follower?So what ?how does it affect you?

    If my following is wrong as well which is Sunni following of Sufi order ….you are also opposing Shiat following ,beg your pardon I have completely lost the plot of your arguement here.

    Political correction ,for the unity of Islamic countries and for upholding a free and just society in Pakistan we must start thinking rationally and on political basis.

    Islam is Peace ….before this Peacce is spread outwards we must have peace among ourselves .

    So Truce.

  3. Aamir Mughal Avatar

    If you think Dr.Jawwad is wrong (who as per your labelling is follower of Jamat-e-Islami thought) [Farrah Shah]

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    Dear Ms. Farrah,

    Produce my statement where I have criticized Mr Jawwad for being a follower of JI, my comment were pointed towards the ideology of JI not Mr Jawwad's personality. Rather I have supported Mr Talkhaba's [JI Supporter] views in one of his comment when he complained that he was not given an opportunity in GEO TV for being a member of IJT. You can reconfirm my comment from Brig Imtiaz Thread.

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    you are also opposing Shiat following,beg your pardon I have completely lost the plot of your arguement here. [Farrah Shah]

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    Dear Ms Farrah,

    Where did I oppose Shia? Produce my statement.

    Amir I think any sane person would avoid to bring Quran and Hadith in a political discussion. I delibrately avoid to put Quran and Hadith in my discussion because I am always afraid of putting things out of context and misinterpretting them,precisely the Quran and Hadith. [Farrah Shah]

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    Dear Ms Farrah,

    Then please lodge complain to Mr Awab who introduced the Thread to Discuss Blasphmey Law. When you discuss a Law related to Islam then Quran and Hadith will be quoted.

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    It had tormented me to great extent to see you putting up authentic texts and adjusting them to your personal reasoning or the personal reasoning of THE AUTHOR ABC. [Farrah Shah]

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    Dear Ms Farrah,

    I challenge you to prove that I have quoted the sacred text out of context and proper background [Shaan-e-Nazool]. My comment are still on this website, specifically my Quranic and Hadith comment on Blasphemy Law, please provide evidence that I have misquoted Quran and Hadith. I have quoted with References.

    Best Regards.

  4. farrahshah Avatar
    farrahshah

    @Amir

    Then please lodge complain to Mr Awab who introduced the Thread to Discuss Blasphmey Law. When you discuss a Law related to Islam then Quran and Hadith will be quoted.

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    Awab has got nothing to do with what you and I are writing.

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    What can I say to a person who is not clear on his own perception.

    I can only appologise for to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

  5. farrahshah Avatar
    farrahshah

    Mr Amir

    if i was scholar enough to do ," challenge you to prove that I have quoted the sacred text out of context and proper background [Shaan-e-Nazool].

    than I would be lecturing at Jamia al Azhar ….and not talking to idiots on this blog.

  6. farrah shah Avatar
    farrah shah

    since we are not discussing the topic I would not post any further neither there is any point in discussing i said and you said.

  7. Aamir Mughal Avatar

    What can I say to a person who is not clear on his own perception. [Dr Farrah Shah]

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    Dear Ms. Farrah,

    Please quote my statement where I was not clear.

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    and not talking to idiots on this blog[Dr Farrah Shah]

    I can only issue you a short friendly and polite request / warning otherwise [Dr Awab]

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    Dear Ms Farrah,

    I had raised questions on your allegations and you replied by using the word "Idiot". I wonder where is Mr Awab's Lecture on decency.

  8. Aamir Mughal Avatar

    her interests in Iran as well with the US. Teeth

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    WASHINGTON: The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to reconsider its deal with Iran for building a multi-billion-dollar pipeline intended to bring the much-needed natural gas to the energy starved country. “We do not think it is the right time for doing this kind of transaction with Iran,” US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake told a briefing in Washington. US objects to gas pipeline deal with Iran By Anwar Iqbal Friday, 02 Apr, 2010 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-

  9. Aamir Mughal Avatar

    Dear Mr Saim,

    How would you discuss politics without quoting scripture when there are Regimes in Iran, and Saudi Arabia which are Religious.