Orya Maqbool Jan discussed it briefly. Basically there is a faction of the West which wants to reward Iran for helping them destroy Afghanistan and Iraq.
That is an idea, BUT THE REALITY is that Pakistan your country has been rewarded for helping destroy Afghanistan, for example through taking revenue and taxes on NATO convoys transiting through Pakistan....your country enabled the destruction of Afghanistan by doing things like that. You also gave US a drone base in Shamsi, which was used to kill so many Pakistani and Afghani civilians....but those drones operated our of your territory! Why blame Iran when Iran isnt the major problem in those countries? Iraq? The whole world but you knows US destroyed Iraq alone, Iran is a neighbor that has a right to and interests in a stable united Iraq, and they've had a dirty history, the 8 year war.
Pakistan will have to be vigilant as Iranian and Western interests largely converge when it comes to Iran's Sunni neighbors (plus Azerbaycan.) Same for India.
Iranian and Western interests "largely" converge when it comes to Iran's SUnni neighbors?
HOOOOW? Lets analyze some examples to test your theory:
Kuwait- US supports monarchy, Iran doesnt like the monarchy
Saudi ARabia- US supports the monarchy, Iran dislikes the monarchy
Iraq- Iran supports Shiite majority central govt, US and TUrkey support Sunni faction in Parliament and ISIS activities in Iraq.
Bahrain- US supports the monarchy, Iran hates the monarchy.
UAE- US supports the monarchy, Iran is neutral/not too happy about the monarchy there.
Egypt- Iran supported Muslim Brotherhood, US and West support MIlitary dictatorship, AKA Sisi
Yemen- US support ex military dictator Hadi, while Iran supports Islamist revolutionary liberation Houthis...
So in none of those Sunni neighbors of Iran's does Iran and Western interests "largely converge"?? Its bogus, its actually your country + US/NATO + Sunni ARab countries that generally have the same interests. YOu dont attack each other publicly on many issues that are sensitive and relevant today if they disagree on it.
It will be quite interesting to see what happens when Assad begins to lose his grip on Syria again due to his downward spiraling economy and inability to repay loans given by the Russians and Iranians.
LMAO....Assad won the war and has established dominance again in SYria, that is not my opinion, that is the truth and reality in Syria today. I laugh because your opinion here is so approrpiate for maybe year 2013 or so...when Assad was down alot and almost above to give up and lose, but those days are so far away...ARab country after Arab country is doing more trade with SYria, including your brother Saudi ARabia, times have changed, and another Iranian ally defeats the Western + ME Sunni world's attempts to turn the tables against Iran and her allies...