ASIM RAFIQ
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I think a lot of the Pakistani public were initially enthused about the Saudi defense pact because they thought it was to defend against Israel (why would Israel attack KSA? Can anyone explain this?) and then it slowly dawned on them who the pact is actually designed to deter.








BREAKING: Iran officially and formally exits the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding with the United States, with Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi saying, effective immediately, Iran is suspending all commitments and will not implement any of them after the US “violated and suspended all of its commitments” first, and is now purely focused on defending the country, per Tasnim. Gharibabadi says Iran will “never start negotiations with the US under any circumstances.”











