Iranians still speak fondly of India and Indians. On the streets of Tehran Amitabh Bachchan and Vajyantimala are more popular and adored with posters than Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie. Iran has infact cooperated with India recently against the Taliban in Afganistan by sharing intelligence and know how. Currently Iran has secretly offered to India to assist in uprooting the Saudi funded mlitancy in Kashmir and Hyderabad. When the last Iranian President Khatami came to India couple of year ago he shocked all the Indian politicians present by stating that Indian Muslims should consider themslves Indians first as this is their motherland. Iran has also recently extended to India a hand of friendship and the president even stated that together India and Iran could do the impossible if India reciprocated. Now it is up to India and Indians to decide whether to shun this gesture or embrace it. But one thing is for sure, in this current atmosphere of global chaos India would indeed become stronger if it made such a nation its strongest ally which fortunatley happens to have large energy resrrves and a strategic and political uper hand in the mid-east.
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by Vivek Harry on Jul 22, 2008 12:07 PM Permalink
so you are suggesting that India should ally with Iran and wipe Israel from the map and it will benefit India, does not make sense
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by Ahmad Nawaz on Jul 22, 2008 01:11 PM Permalink
I was not suggesting that at all. I was simply stating facts. India will soon have to decide whether it wants Iran as a friend or not and given the unstable government in pakistan and their Saudi supporters India should make a sound and mature decision. This has nothing to do with Israel or the US for that matter. That is the mideast politics and it should not affect India's relationships with its neighbors. You are either a Pakistani agent or a blindly Anti-Muslim fellow. In my eyes they are both the same as neither care for Muslim upliftment. What ever the case you are too immature and ignorant to have a conversation of this nature.
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by Bharat on Jul 22, 2008 12:25 PM Permalink
Fact is that Iran has its own national interest as USA has. India should learn from it and not become puppet of either. Both of them can take a U trun any moment. India has to define a limit for friendship and clearly mark its area of interest. It is also not possible that India only takes and don't give back anything to them. Also if India can balance relations with Iran and USA it shall help to improve relations among all three nations. India be clear & sound. Secret policies should remain secret in national interest.
