
Self-interest must guide our actions
Hindustan TimesThe signature on the February 13 bomb attack on the Israeli embassy staffer in New Delhi was unmistakably Iranian and the handiwork of its secretive Al Quds force with a high degree of deniability built into it. Even though the attack was part of the extended covert war played out by Israeli and Iranian intelligence agencies since 2008 — with the former out to covertly eliminate scientists helping Tehran's nuclear programme — New Delhi should be seething in anger as India has become the new battleground in this war. The incident indicates that Iran believes that India is part of the western effort to defang its nuclear capabilities and in many ways a betrayal of New Delhi's trust, as the UPA government has exercised considerable strategic autonomy when it has come to Tehran. While both Tel Aviv and Washington are using the bomb attack to pump up India to take action against Iran, New Delhi's action should be dictated by its own interests. Indian diplomatic efforts should be targeted at Iran to explain that New Delhi has been publicly opposed nuclear weapons in West Asia and is not part of any Zionist conspiracy to dismantle Tehran's nuclear capabilities.
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