Fazulrahman Rahmani

Researcher and political analyst.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

@thewirepak India never appreciates its promises and relationships with allies. Its foreign policy has appeared extremely chaotic, especially when confronting with conflicting issues such as war between US and Iran or Israel and Iran.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

The trilateral agreement signed in Makah would give Saudi Arabia the hope to overcome the Houthies and Iran's threat, while Pakistan is benefiting from economically, strategically if it avoids being dragged into Yemen war. Nonetheless, I don't see any foreseeable advantage for Tu

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

@thewirepak Egypt has had the experience of confronting Yemenies long before, she knows who they are. We will see what Pakistan gonna deliver to this alliance and what it will get.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

@thewirepak With the American hegemony on decline, regional framework is the only reasonable way to overcome regional instability. However excluding any country especially Afghanistan, could undermine their effectiveness in the long-term.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

Why Pakistan is doomed to mitigate the tensions between the US and Iran?

1- To prevent another all-out regional war where it will again face the dilemma of pursuing a neutral mediating role or appreciating its strategic partnerships with Saudi Arabia in https://t.co/buKJlhSnul

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

Iran hit US bases in Iraq. Hit bases in Kuwait. Hit bases in Qatar. Hit bases in Bahrain. Hit bases in the UAE. Hit bases in Jordan. Hit bases in Saudi Arabia. Hit Oman’s Duqm port. Hit British RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Fired missiles at Israel.

It did not touch Turkey.

Incirlik Air Base, one of America’s most important forward platforms in the Middle East, sits in southern Turkey. Kürecik base houses a NATO radar that feeds intelligence to Israel. NATO AWACS aircraft from the Konya base shifted routes from Russia to Iran days before the strikes, per Bloomberg. Turkey hosts an unspecified number of US troops across multiple sensitive installations.

Iran hit none of them.

The standard explanation is NATO. Article 5 collective defense. Striking Turkey means war with 32 nations. Al-Monitor quoted Ankara University’s Arif Keskin: a direct military move against Turkey could push the conflict beyond manageable limits.

That explanation is real but incomplete.

Reuters reported in January 2026 that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, the MIT, warned Iran’s Revolutionary Guards about Kurdish fighters seeking to cross from Iraq into Iranian territory. That is a NATO member passing time-sensitive operational intelligence to the IRGC during a period when the United States and Israel were preparing to strike Iran.

In January 2026, Erdogan congratulated Iranian President Pezeshkian for his handling of the December protests, echoing Tehran’s narrative that the demonstrations were foreign-backed terrorist plots linked to Israel. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies documented this. When the strikes came on February 28, Erdogan condemned the US and Israeli attacks as a clear violation of international law, expressed deep sorrow for Khamenei’s death, and offered condolences to the Iranian people. He denied US forces access to Turkish air, land, and maritime space for operations against Iran.

Then Turkey arrested three journalists for national security offenses over footage filmed near Incirlik.

Israel Hayom published the most direct assessment: Turkey is not neutral. It is enabling Iran. Operating from within the Western security system, Ankara functions as a strategic enabler for Tehran. The US Treasury has sanctioned Turkey-based entities tied to Iranian sanctions evasion, the Revolutionary Guards, and Iran’s drone and missile programs.

The deeper mechanism is structural fear. Turkey shares a 534-kilometer border with Iran. Fifteen million Kurds live inside Iran. If the Islamic Republic collapses, Turkey faces a refugee crisis dwarfing Syria, Kurdish state formation across its southeastern border, and the loss of gas contracts expiring mid-2026. Erdogan does not need Iran to win. He needs the regime to survive.

So Iran spares Turkey. And Turkey condemns the war while hosting the surveillance infrastructure that enabled it.

To Washington, the indispensable NATO platform. To Europe, the migration buffer. To Russia, the energy corridor. To China, the western anchor of the Middle Corridor. To Tehran, the quiet ally who will never let the regime fall.

The most dangerous player in this war is not the one firing missiles. It is the one that made itself untouchable by everyone simultaneously.

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[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

This is an indirect demand for capitulation. Wanting everything while giving nothing. This could have been brought up on purpose to be rejected by Iran which will in turn provide the justification for war.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

WSJ: Here the demands US brought to Iran in Geneva:
1) Destroy all 3 nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz, Isfahan
2) Deliver all enriched uranium to US
3) No sunset clauses
4) Zero enrichment, but can keep Tehran reactor
5) Minimal sanctions relief up front; more if Iran compliant

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

@mario4thenorth Your suggeste that are also an ungrateful immigrants, no one considers you Canadian. the whole country is of immigrants. Be ashamed of your hatred rhetoric.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

In the international arena, it really matters who you stand with. Let's see what direction the tension between India and Pakistan will take. However I doubt if the Kashmir incident will lead to a full-fledged war.

[Defence Index @Defence_Index]

Turkish President Erdogan:

We reaffirm our strong support for the Pakistani people.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

@TimesAlgebraIND A country apparently 7 times bigger than the rival, and yet begging a war-torn country to step up against the enemy. Pak's influence in Afg is beyond your imagination, do not invest any hope on this front.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

@SalahRabbani @erbakanfatih Necmettin Erbakan was a significant political figure in Turkey, known for his contributions to the country's political and economic landscape. May his soul rest in peace.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

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[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

Hey Trump voters.

Hate to break it to you - but here’s what actually happened on Tuesday.

Watch. Bernie explained it 20 years ago.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

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[The Figen @TheFigen_]

A shepherd finds his dog, missing for two days, protecting a sheep and its calf that has just given birth.

( Turkiye )

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️Soldiers from the 🇰🇵DPRK are already dressed in 🇷🇺Russian uniforms, the cadres have no more than 72 hours, - SPRAVDI.

This is the Serhiyiv training ground, Russian Federation.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

If reports of DPRK participation in Ruso-Ukraine war turns out to be real. The conflict will enter into a new level of escalation, which is one level before world War three.

[Fazulrahman Rahmani @FazulrahmanRah1]

Judging the outcome of TPM movement's meeting in Pakistan, it will once again ignite the war between secular oriented Pashtun nationalist and that of the Islamist . The most beneficiary of this situation will be Islamabad.

[akila radhakrishnan @akila_rad]

Irresponsible journalism that dismisses the calls of the women of Afghanistan in favor of the idea of a single man who wrote a book and is therefore more authoritative than the voices of those who suffer directly under the Taliban’s gender apartheid. Shame on you @FareedZakaria.