By Archen Baloch
Iran is one of
the weakest countries in the Middle East, given its divergent centrifugal
ethnic composition if exploited.
However, thanks to Saudi Arabia, the leader of Arab nations, despite
having the necessary leverages of inflicting a heavy cost on Iran it has never
sought to destabilize it in order to avenge its naked enmity towards Bahrain,
United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Egypt.
Given the
precarious security turmoil in the geopolitics of Middle East, unprecedented
voices are heard in favour of an independent Balochistan from Saudi and UAE
media particularly, though, not at the official level, yet they’re not without
the consents of their governments in GCC countries – objective seems to have
help Baloch liberate Balochistan from Iranian occupation.
Dhahi Khalfan
Tamim, an ex UAE official twitted that Iran is giving missiles to Houthis to
attack the Kingdom, then why the Kingdom is not providing Baloch with the
missiles that can hit the heart of Iran?
Recently, exiled
Baloch national leader Hyrbyair Marri appreciated the Saudi Kingdom’s efforts
to bring moderate Islam in the Kingdom and urged the Arab nations especially
the neighbouring Gulf countries to lend their moral support to Baloch national
struggle for the liberation movement of Balochistan.
Both Iran and
Pakistan have illegally occupied Balochistan against the will of Baloch people
and the Baloch have relentlessly resisted Iranian and Pakistani military
aggression of occupying Balochistan. Both countries have turned Balochistan
into a colony of their ruthless rules for economic exploitation of Baloch
natural resources.
During British
Raj, the Reza Shah of Iran invaded Western part of Balochistan in 1928 and
Pakistan occupied Eastern mainland of Balochistan in 1948. The Baloch nation
never accepted this aggression and intermittently resisted this aggression with
armed struggle, besides the attempts of exploring the democratic avenues for a
genuine federal solution with Tehran and Islamabad, however, both never reciprocated
to genuine Baloch goodwill gesture.
Pakistan’s
double standard and its dishonesty towards GCC countries must also be gauged
with the fact that why it has proliferated nuclear technology to Iran despite
knowing the fact that it has hardly left a stone unturned in wrecking havoc in
Arab countries?
Under Shah’s
rule or Mullah Regime, Iran has always sought to destabilize Arab countries
besides occupying Baloch, Arab and Kurd lands. The antagonist behaviours of
ultra-nationalist Persian regimes have proven the fact that the very existence
of Iranian entity in the current form is a permanent existential threat to
Middle Eastern countries, especially the GCC.
The China
Pakistan Nexus, namely China Pakistan Economic Corridor, CPEC, has threatened
Baloch demography in Balochistan and strengthened Pakistan’s hands in Baloch
genocide. And now it has emerged that China has planned to build a navy base in
Jiwani peninsula. Chinese hegemonic
presence in Balochistan at the mouth of Arabian Gulf can pose a security
imbalance to GCC countries, given China’s strategic tilt towards Iran.
Geographically,
Balochistan is situated at the meeting point of three major regions Middle
East, South Asia and Central Asia, if helped liberated from both Iran and
Pakistan; it would become a bastion for peace and interconnect the three major
regions into a secured trade and commerce corridor. The secular Baloch want to
be a partner in peace and prosperity with all peace-loving nations in the
region and beyond.
The convergence of
Baloch and Arab interests has created an exigency for both nations to explore
the ways and means at intellectual level and it would be greatly appreciated by
Baloch public if its leadership were allowed an avenue in one of the Gulf
States to hold conferences in order to educate the international community
about Baloch national cause for freedom.
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