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India stalls Direct flights to Tehran

Would like to have some iranian opinion on this.
Iran opposed Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and cooperates with Pakistan infighting Balochi terror...

As for the shah:

During the course of the conflict, Iran also stood with Pakistan politically and diplomatically due to Shah of Iran's personal relationship with President Yahya Khan who was of the Persian descent.:78–79[164]However, Iran became concerned with the imminent break-up of Pakistan in which, they feared, that the state would fall into small pieces; therefore, Iran began cementing ties with India based on mutual security assistance.:79[164] At the beginning of the conflict, Iran helped sheltering PAF's fighter jets and provided with free fuel for the PAF to take part in the conflict in an attempt to keep Pakistan's regional integrity united.:80[164] When Pakistan called for unilateral ceasefire and the surrender was announced, Shah of Iran hastily responded by preparing the Iranian military to come up with the contingency plans to forcefully invade Pakistan and annex its Balochistan province into its side of Baluchistan, by any means necessary, before anybody else does it.:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971#China_and_Iran

I have no interest in this being another Pakistan vs India thread... I only want to dispel any false ideas that Iran is somehow conspiring against Pakistan... Iran is neutral and would like to cooperate with both countries.
 
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