Pakistan hosts US-Iran talks but lacks mediator status. Proximity is a strength, not neutrality.
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Persian cultural treasures face unprecedented destruction as the Iran War threatens to erase centuries of heritage under the guise of military necessity.
Reza Pahlavi’s restoration unlikely. 1979 Revolution dismantled monarchy. Nostalgia can’t rule Iran.
The U.S. misreads Iran because its mental map is wrong: Iran is the pivot of Southwest Asia, not a peripheral oil state.
Trump’s demand to reclaim Bagram airbase is unlikely to succeed; China is deeply entrenched and the Taliban cites the Doha Agreement.
Trump’s threat to withdraw U.S. support may boost Maliki’s nationalist appeal, framing him as a symbol of resistance to external interference.