Back to war

Warmongers are back to work as Iran has once again been attacked by Israel and the United States. Resultantly, the entire region of Mideast and the Persian Gulf is on the edge. Tehran has retaliated by showering missiles and drones on Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE – and the aggressor, the Jewish state. The repercussions are being accounted for as the scale of conflict widens with each passing hour.

Tehran, nonetheless, is at the receiving end as huge explosions were heard across the capital, reportedly targeting sensitive installations as well as the residences of the ruling hierarchy. Supreme leader Syed Ali Khamenei has apparently been moved to a safer location, as several cities of Iran namely Karaj, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Tabriz and Khorramabad have come under synchronised airstrikes from airbases in several Arab countries.

This escalation has come as a surprise for many as hopes had been pinned on diplomacy. The talks underway in Geneva and Muscat were presumably heading towards an understanding, and optimism was in the air as Iranian and American diplomats were seen sharing notes of common denominators. Thus, this decision of going over the brink to further a revanchist policy by subduing global security and choking economic supply lines is uncalled for.

The amassing of artillery and aircraft carriers in the region by the US testifies to the fact that an Armageddon is around the corner. Iran now has no choice but to fight it out at the cost of its annihilation for the sake of upholding nationalism. To what extent the Arab neighbours can withstand Iranian pouncing is anybody's guess. It won't be easy either for the US and its impulsive president to have a walkover in the quest of regime change in Iran.

The aggression over Iran is in need of being read with a crippling situation involving Pakistan-Afghanistan conflagration. This calls for all warring sides to adhere to diplomacy by silencing guns in the larger interest of peace and security. The 12-day Iran-Israel showdown and its aftermath only proved that trigger-happiness is suicidal, and does not come to address irritants in the long-run.