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Amid rising anti-#US+#EU rhetoric in #Pakistan post-#Ukraine invasion & PM's #Russia visit, it is important to refocus on rising terror incidents in the country and the linkages to #Afghanistan #Iran and #India and the easily exploitable local actors. /1
The waves of organized terrorism in Pakistan since 1980s and through 2000s have been linked to elements in #Afghanistan. It accelerated with the #India-#Iran nexus in that country. Made easier by local extremism, easy & gullible Pakistani recruits, and regional sponsors. /2
#Peshawar mosque carnage targeting Pakistani Shia Muslims is particularly worth a closer look. It indirectly targeted the #Australia cricket team visit after 23 yrs and tried to revive sectarian conflict. Both objectives have wider linkages to #India #Iran #Afghanistan /3
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#Chabahar port in #Iran, with #India's investment, is a strange story. President #Trump reluctantly excluded it from #US sanctions, and it is the only #Indian-run port #Pakistan signed a sister-city agreement with. Some interesting updates. /1
#Trump was not sympathetic to #India's case on sanctions waivers for #Chabahar & the crude oil imports from #Iran, but he relented on the port only after pressure from #US diplomats, who said even #Pakistan did not object to the #Indian-#Iranian port. /2

indianexpress.com/article/india/…
Iran spent years convincing #China & #Pakistan not to develop #Gwadar, instead reroute the economic corridor #CPEC to #Chabahar citing better security in #Iran compared to #Pakistan & its #Balochistan province. A top Iranian diplomat explains this: /3

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31 Jan 2021: #Indian delegation in #Chabahar.

2 Feb: #Iran defense minister in #India.

3 Feb: #IRGC claims a cross-border strike.

Blackout on these stories in #Pakistan, part of the self-styled censorship on any news related to #Iran.

They laugh at us in #Iraq & #Azerbaijan. ImageImageImageImage
#Pakistan has a sister city agreement with #India's port in #Chabahar. Pak strategic experts (incl retd diplomats/officers/academics) routinely float theories on joining a anti-#US bloc based on #CPEC & #Iran. But total blackout in our media on this:
Self-imposed censorship in Pakistani think tanks & media on important #Iran-related stories that directly impact national security means such stories can be published in #Turkey #Afghanistan or #Iraq or #Azerbaijan, but not in #Pakistan.

Exhibit A:

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The massacre of 11 miners in #Balochistan is more of a 'strategic act' than sectarianism. Terrorism in Balochistan cannot be completely controlled without addressing the wider roles of #India & #Iran in #Afghanistan. /1

#thread

Many analysts see #hazaragenocide & #Shiagenocide in #Balochistan as part of a local sectarianism problem inside #Pakistan or regionally linked to #Iran & #KSA tussle. But it could have more to do with #Afghanistan than Pakistan or the #Gulf. /2
To understand why #Balochistan incident (incl #Hazara/#Shia attacks) may not necessarily be sectarianism and more an offshoot of a bigger strategic problem, consider this #Ashura attack in #Karachi, which was not sectarian: /3

shiitenews.org/shiitenews/pak… & jasarat.com/en/2016/03/07/…
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@S_Akbarzadeh and my view about the #ChinaIranDeal
via @MiddleEastInst. A few takeaways. #Thread

1/5 The cooperation document includes significant energy and infrastructure projects vital for Iran’s development and future of oil export.
mei.edu/publications/i…
#Iran #China
2/5 This includes South-North corridor (#Chabahar-Central Asia), South-West corridor (Chabahar and Bandar Abbas-Turkey and Azerbaijan), and the Pakistan-Iran-Iraq-Syria “pilgrimage railroad”. Notable also: Iran's “active participation” in #BeltandRoad.
3/5 The most alarming aspect relates to cooperation in #telecommunication sector. It is going to provide Iran with know-how and equipment to enable its full decoupling from the global internet and form the dreaded National Information Network, similar to #ChinaGreatFirewall.
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آپ پاکستان کے وزیر خارجہ ہیں یا بھارت کے اور یہ بتائیے کہ کیا تحریک انصاف نے #سی_پیک کو سبوتاژ نہیں کیا ؟ یاد دلاؤں

India faced expulsion from Iran's Chabahar project due to its wrong policies: FM Qureshi dawn.com/news/1570703
#Chabahar #India #CPEC #OBOR Image
Pray tell, are you #Pakistan ‘s Foreign Minister or #India ? Should I remind you as to how several PTI Ministers sabotaged #CPEC in #Pakistan !
India faced expulsion from Iran's Chabahar project due to its wrong policies: FM Qureshi dawn.com/news/1570703 Image
شاہ محمود قریشی صاحب آپ پاکستان کے وزیر خارجہ ہیں یا بھارت کے جو آپ کو چاہ بہار سے بھارت کے نکلنے پر تکلیف ہوئ رہی ہے اور یہ بتائیے کہ کیا تحریک انصاف نے #سی_پیک کو سبوتاژ نہیں کیا ؟ یاد دلاؤں

#Chabahar #India #CPEC #OBOR

ملاحظہ فرمائیں 👇

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#BREAKING: I just heard a report about accident in 2nd Maritime Area of #Iranian Navy in #Oman Sea. #IRIN's Jamaran (76) Moudge-class frigate fired a C-802 Noor anti-ship missile at #IRIN's Konarak general purpose tender killing its 30 sailors & sinking it near #Jask few hrs ago! ImageImage
Unfortunately the rumors about this accident are true. Tens of Iranian fishers have rushed to the sea to save the surviving sailors of #Iran Navy's Konarak General Purpose Tender. Video released now shows two injured sailor recovered by local fishers from sea.
#BREAKING: Another video leaked now shows the wounded sailors recovered from the sea. Konarak General Purpose Tender had not kept enough distance from a target which Jamaran Moudge-Class Frigate was supposed to test its C-802 Noor missile at during the exercise of #Iran Navy:
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