Speakers at a seminar on Monday said that the likely United States' attack on Iran would have dangerous implications for the region in general and Pakistan in particular.
They were expressing their views at a seminar on the "US-Iran Tension and Implications for Pakistan" organised by the Sustainable Development and Policy Institute (SDPI) here.
Dr Lubna Ali of Quaid-i-Azam University, Former Director General Inter Service Intelligence Lieutenant General Hameed Gul (Retd) and Muhammad Akram Zaki, former Foreign Secretary were among the prominent speakers at the seminar.
Hamid Gul said that under the Non Proliferation Treaty, Iran had a right to develop nuclear capability for peaceful purposes to meet its genuine needs. Though US has aggressive plans against Iran, it is also pursuing backdoor diplomacy for reaching a non-military solution, he said. "The chances of such US aggression are less because of lack of troops and authentic information," he observed.
Former Foreign Secretary Akram Zaki regretted that the US administration had failed to learn from misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, which have pushed the US administration to seek a non-military solution to the stalemate in case of Iran. He suggested that Pakistan should oppose any US aggressive move against Iran.
Dr Lubna discussed the Iranian foreign policy in different eras. She said that the Iranian events have been influencing the world politics. Tracing back the history of US-Iran tension, she said that after the Iranian revolution in 1979, the diplomatic ties started worsening and further deteriorated with the US embassy hostage crisis in November 1979.