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Message for PM of India: Avoid cosying up to Iran

The chief architect of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini, once refused to meet a visiting Indian delegation of ministers as a mark of protest against State-backed violence and atrocities in the conflict-torn region of Kashmir – the land of his ancestry. He unequivocally affirmed his support and solidarity for the oppressed people of Kashmir by making it amply clear that it was imperative on Indian government to stop injustice in Kashmir, to see any improvement in the Indo-Iran ties.
Following on the Kashmir policy of his predecessor, in November 2011, Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Imam Khamenie, in his message to Hajj pilgrims, urged the world community to pledge their support for the struggle in Kashmir, besides other conflict zones of the world.
“The major duties of the elite of the Islamic Ummah is to provide help to the Palestinian nation and the besieged people of Gaza, to sympathise and provide assistance to the nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Kashmir, to engage in struggle and resistance against the aggressions of the United States and the Zionist regime,” Ayatollah Khamenei said. This statement raised many eyebrows in New Delhi, and they felt Iran was “questioning India's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
There is no denying the fact that Iran - champion of world’s oppressed people – has always supported the aspirations of the people of Kashmir. Ayatullah Khamenie makes it a point to mention Kashmir and Palestine at every Friday prayer in Tehran University. Kashmir is seen as an “occupied territory”, much to the chagrin of India, considered a key Iranian ally.
In this backdrop, the recent visit of Iranian envoy to Kashmir and his rather strange and oblivious stance on the Kashmir problem has raised more questions than answers.
It was after over a decade that a senior diplomat from Iran visited (or was allowed to visit) Kashmir.
Over the last few years, the powers-that-be have went out of their way to roll out the red carpet to those who were earlier considered persona non grata in Kashmir. Of course, there is a method to this madness. Iranian envoy is one of them.
The separatist camp saw the visit of Iranian envoy to Kashmir as a good opportunity to lobby for Iranian support to pressurize India to settle the long standing imbroglio, in accordance to the aspirations of people.
However, the much-hyped visit of the Iranian envoy turned out to be a dampener. During his two-day stay in the valley, the envoy addressed seven functions organized to mark the 23rd death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini. But, to the surprise of many, he chose to remain tight lipped on Kashmir issue, despite being provoked by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik at a function in Hotel Jehangir.
Has Iran changed its traditional Kashmir policy because it does not want to earn the wrath of its important ally India? Has Hurriyat failed to draw the attention of Iranian envoys towards the plight of Kashmiri people? Or, was it all a pre-planned conspiracy in which Hurriyat, like others, also played its part?
Iranian envoy landed at Srinagar airport on June 3 on his maiden visit to Kashmir, and straight drove to Lalit Grand Palace hotel, where he addressed a select gathering of Kashmiri separatists and mainstream leaders over the luncheon. It was not clear who played the host at the mega event. Even though envoy presented himself as the host, but it clearly looked like a state-managed show.
The invitees had been carefully chosen to suit the interest of the government. Absence of some popular separatist figures in the function raised many a brow and exploded many a myth.
In his speech to the audience comprising of Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, JKLF chairman, Yasin Malik, Hurriyat Conference executive member, Aga Syed Hassan Moosvi, Democratic Freedom Party president, Shabir Ahmad Shah, J&K National Front chairman, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, state legislators Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Moulvi Iftikhar Ansari, Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami, beside others, Mehdi Nabizadeh waxed eloquent about growing trade ties between India and Iran, and said that India and Iran will encourage forging of closer ties, which unmistakably did not go down well with the separatist leaders present at the event.
This was followed by another function organised by J&K Anjuman-e Sharie Shian, a constituent of Hurriyat Conference executive council, at Hotel Jehangir in the heart of Srinagar city.
Hurriyat leaders wanted to use this stage to counter the Iranian ambassador’s “callous” speech at Grand Palace hotel a day before.
Speaking on the occasion, visibly upset Yasin Malik, termed Nabizadeh’s Grand Palace speech as completely “undiplomatic” and “uncivilized”. He went on to speak about Ayatollah Khomeini’s struggle and his stand on Kashmir issue, and urged the Iranian authorities to break their silence on this disputed Himalayan region.
However, even Malik’s speech failed to impress ambassador, who mentioned Palestine, Syria, Bahrain in his speech but again chose to remain tightlipped on Kashmir, prompting Yasin Malik and Mirwaiz Umar to exchange glances and laugh in disenchantment.
It was left to Mirwaiz to strike the right chord, but even that was not enough to prevent an inevitable anti-climax.
Stating that “Iran-e Kabir” has a major responsibility towards “Iran-e Sagheer”, Mirwaiz said that Iran shares good relations with both India and Pakistan, and therefore it can play an important role in impressing upon the two Asian estranged neighbours to resolve the Kashmir issue.
The separatist show at the Hotel Jehangir was complete flop as it failed in its objective. The function which promised high voltage action turned out to be a mere photo op.
Instead of blaming the Iranian diplomat’s apparently bad calculation, Hurriyat’s poor home work must be blamed for it. Unlike the state government, the separatists did not deem it necessary to brief the envoy prior to the function.
Despite reeling under all sorts of international pressure and economic sanctions, Iran has continued its full support for oppressed nations in the world, including Kashmir. Just because Iranian envoy did not directly mention Kashmir issue in his speeches, we cannot dismiss the role and support of Iran viz-à-viz Kashmir struggle.
The problem with Hurriyat is that it has not yet come out openly and unambiguously to make its policy and affiliation public. Hurriyat cannot and must not expect Iran’s support while sitting in the lap of Uncle Sam. There is a need to draw a line. You can’t seek help from Iran and America in the same breath. I wonder how they expect America – the country that has shed blood of thousands of Muslims – to champion the cause of Muslim-dominated Kashmir region.
As far as Iran is concerned, it has always strongly voiced its support to Kashmir, and has bracketed the situation in the region with Palestine and Afghanistan. Be it Ayatollah Khomeini or Ayatollah Khamenie, Kashmir has figured prominently in their speeches.
On November 16, 1965, addressing a gathering at Masjid Sheikh Ansari in Iraq, Ayatollah Khomeini, while proclaiming his programme for the Muslim world, had expressed deep regret about the disunity prevailing among the Muslims and blamed it for all the trouble besetting Muslims.
“Had Muslim nations been united these handful of Jews could have never taken the land of Palestine away from the Palestinians. Had they been united, ill-fated India could have never snatched our dear Kashmir from us,” Khomeini lamented, and urged the Muslim rulers and Islamic scholars to sit together and introspect.“Guard the boundaries of your respective nations, but unite against your common enemy… Your enemies want to have access to and to have control over your natural resources. They will never allow Muslims to unite,” Khomeini said.
Similarly, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has repeatedly expressed solidarity with the Kashmiri people.
The need of hour is to go back to trenches and re-discover the objectives and the spirit. Separatist leaders need to shun their ambivalence, duplicity, internal differences, and focus on the task at hand. The movement needs to be organized in a manner that world leaders are forced to pay attention to our plight and problem. The weak separatist leadership means the weak Kashmir and this movement can ill afford that in the present circumstances.

The envoy speaks Lastupdate:- Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:30:00 GMT GreaterKashmir.com
 
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Iran never supported India over Kashmir. Now they are isloated, they wants India and NAM to be with them and has soften their stand over Kashmir.
This type of friendship will not work.
 
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Iran never supported India over Kashmir. Now they are isloated, they wants India and NAM to be with them and has soften their stand over Kashmir.
This type of friendship will not work.

hahhaaa

iran prevented U.N resolution on kashmir by OIC which was backed by USA :wave:

so iran saved india once....otherwise you would have been watching foreign forces in kashmir
 
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Iran wants the government,regime,state (whatever you call it) gone ... That doesn't mean killing Jews.

Even if what you want is "only" the destruction of the regime, it will certainly be regarded as a hostile intention. Perhaps it would be better to remain focused self-defense. In any case the Palestinians do not seem to be particularly appreciative of your efforts.
 
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Iran never supported India over Kashmir. Now they are isloated, they wants India and NAM to be with them and has soften their stand over Kashmir.
This type of friendship will not work.
You guys are really ungrateful.Iran has stayed neutral on Kashmir issue. Iran frequently objected to Pakistan's attempts to draft anti-India resolutions at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Human Rights Commission and at other conventions.Iran supported a gas pipeline to India directly from the sea when India refused it to be crossed from Pakistan's soil,but with U.S pressure and nuclear deal with them,India refused that too.Iran cooperated with India in Afghanistan against Taliban regime.

Please guys,I thin from all your neighboring countries and also Islamic countries,Iran has been the most friendly to you and has had the oldest relations with India for thousands of years.You also voted against Iran in IAEA under U.S pressure.
Anyway,I agree,this kind of friendship doesn't work.You are right.

Even if what you want is "only" the destruction of the regime, it will certainly be regarded as a hostile intention. Perhaps it would be better to remain focused self-defense. In any case the Palestinians do not seem to be particularly appreciative of your efforts.

But U.S and Israel also seek the same thing for Iran.Yeah,both of them are hostile intentions,but still,that doesn't mean Iran wants to kill Jews or destroy Israel,that's a big lie,and also that's impossible because Israel has nuclear weapons,unless Israel attacks first.That's another story.
 
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Anyway,I agree,this kind of friendship doesn't work.You are right.

See, you are the best judge of your national interests. But it does seem that the Iranian leadership is making things more difficult by getting involved in peripheral issues. As far as India is concerned, our interest is best served if Iran is not in conflict with other nations.
 
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See, you are the best judge of your national interests. But it does seem that the Iranian leadership is making things more difficult by getting involved in peripheral issues. As far as India is concerned, our interest is best served if Iran is not in conflict with other nations.

You didn't get my point,I said I agree,it was because some of you still see Iran as enemy,while actually Iran has done nothing against India.So when members here say Iran should not be trusted,that's natural for me to say this friendship doesn't work.

One thing to mention,right now,two governments do not have any problems with each other.We,the people,at least on this forum seem to be fighting each other which actually change nothing.As far as I remember,India and Iran have been always friends,and we both may have done little mistakes,but that doesn't make us each other's enemy.
 
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India was never hostile towards Iran. You will appreciate Iran get more support from India than many Arab country.
 
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You guys are really ungrateful.Iran has stayed neutral on Kashmir issue. Iran frequently objected to Pakistan's attempts to draft anti-India resolutions at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Human Rights Commission and at other conventions.Iran supported a gas pipeline to India directly from the sea when India refused it to be crossed from Pakistan's soil,but with U.S pressure and nuclear deal with them,India refused that too.Iran cooperated with India in Afghanistan against Taliban regime.

Please guys,I thin from all your neighboring countries and also Islamic countries,Iran has been the most friendly to you and has had the oldest relations with India for thousands of years.You also voted against Iran in IAEA under U.S pressure.
Anyway,I agree,this kind of friendship doesn't work.You are right.



But U.S and Israel also seek the same thing for Iran.Yeah,both of them are hostile intentions,but still,that doesn't mean Iran wants to kill Jews or destroy Israel,that's a big lie,and also that's impossible because Israel has nuclear weapons,unless Israel attacks first.That's another story.
No need to beg...

Iran's true nature has been long revealed. Iran and India relations(Under this government) will remain but the people know better.

Sic semper tyrannis. Thus always to tyrants.
There is no escaping of what is coming for Iran's murderous regime.
 
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Isreal is our strategic ally while Iran is our energy security.

Isreal is close friend who supplied weapons and radars in critical time of kargil war while Iran is only muslim nation who is a close friend of India as compared to other arab nations.

Indians are in dillema as both are important to us and in wider geopolitical consideration, India needs Iran for Afghanistan and other central asian nations while in strategic and military consideration, India needs Israel.

Going through this thread, few are pro Israel and few are proIran, that shows mentality of Indian govt which wants to stay neutral. It will be tightrope to walk keeping friendly relationship with two enemy nations.
 
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India was never hostile towards Iran. You will appreciate Iran get more support from India than many Arab country.
The same about us,Iran has never been hostile toward India.Our both interests lies in being friends,not enemies.
No need to beg...

Iran's true nature has been long revealed. Iran and India relations(Under this government) will remain but the people know better.

Sic semper tyrannis. Thus always to tyrants.
There is no escaping of what is coming for Iran's murderous regime.
Actually Israel is the one begging the whole world to do something,not Iran.Beg America,Beg Europe,beg Ban Ki Moon,beg China,beg Russia.
 
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I have feeling that iran n israel have more chances of friendship as compare to india n pakistan... n iran have secret dealing with U.S too. Otherwise if U.S wanted,it could take out iran in 2 days..
 
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I want Iran to stop threatening Israel. There is no reason for Iran to threaten Israel. I find it odd. Also statements like Israel is cancer, Israel needs to be removed from world map etc seem like extremism to me.

Israel has all right to live like other people in world. Iran should drop its policy of hatred based on extremism. Israel has nothing to do with Iran if Iran is not threatening Israel's interests. Israel is only doing things in self protection which is legitimate.

On the other hand if Iran is Israel's friend, then Israel could help Iran a lot in protecting this Shia majority country from those in SA who would like to see Iran's destruction.
 
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