The Tehran summit, held in a critical geographic location in the region, focused on the need for coordination and cooperation to ensure the security of Arbaeen pilgrims. Iran, serving as a transit route and a key link between South Asian pilgrims and Iraq, considers itself responsible for facilitating and enhancing the level of services provided. Iraq’s infrastructural weaknesses, stemming from two decades of occupation and unrest, have made such meetings significant not only from religious but also security, logistical, and services perspectives. This convergence is not merely an attempt to secure Iranian, Pakistani, and Afghan pilgrims; on a broader level, it strengthens Iran’s image as a peacebuilder and reinforces its regional role in ensuring the religious and humanitarian security of millions of pilgrims from around the world.
Terrorism: The Common Enemy of National and Religious Security
The Tehran meeting took place amid renewed threats of terrorism, redefined by the West and the Zionist regime, once again endangering regional security. From ISIS and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham activities in Iraq and Syria to explosions and security threats in eastern Iran and within Pakistan, evidence points to systematic efforts to destabilize the region. In this context, Iran, with its successful experience in defeating ISIS terrorism, seeks to extend these experiences and capacities to its neighbors. This interaction comes at a time when Iran, despite recent sanctions and threats, has demonstrated its continued commitment to the collective security of the region and to supporting the stability of neighboring countries – a commitment rooted in its fundamentally different approach from America’s security-disrupting policies.
From Statement-Writing to Operational Regional Convergence
The range of threats faced by countries across the region, from Yemen and Lebanon to Iran and Pakistan, leaves no room for mere rhetoric or purely diplomatic gestures. The Tehran meeting responds to this strategic need to move beyond policy-making and step into practical action, particularly in the face of a common enemy such as the Zionist regime, which seeks to exhaust regional countries through war, sedition, and sabotage, keeping them entangled in internal conflicts. By adopting a comprehensive approach, Tehran speaks of readiness to create a united security front in the region – a front that could serve as a model for Persian Gulf states, especially those still wavering between cooperating with Iran or blindly relying on foreign powers.
Tehran Summit: A New Model of Security-Oriented Regional Diplomacy
The timing of this summit, coinciding with Israel’s direct threats against Pakistan and its recent drone incursion into Iranian territory, carries a clear message: the region’s enemies, through joint planning, are attempting to break the resistance front, and the response must also be joint, coordinated, and cohesive. The Tehran trilateral meeting demonstrates that Iran, despite external pressures, defines its neighbors not as rivals but as partners in cooperation opportunities. This strategy not only helps reduce bilateral and trilateral tensions, but gradually could also lay the groundwork for the formation of multilateral security pacts at the regional level – a point where statement-writing ends and the era of joint action begins.
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