A new beginning for Iran and India

Day 902, 04:12 • Published in India Serbia • by Ministry of Foreign Affairs IR

Hello
I am the Iranian minister of foreign affairs, gorgepir. Some of you may recognize me from my previous articles in your media. For those who don't, I can say this of myself. I like playing games, especially strategy games, and I value proper manners when playing them, but I accept the fact that different people will play the game differently. I refuse to resort to name calling and childish behavior, which has happened on both sides in the past.

I am aware of the problems you have had with Iran, and as I have said before I consider it a matter of not respecting one another. You guys have constantly called us liars and backstabber among other names, and we have constantly taken you for granted and not respected your right to govern your own country. There has always been accusations of PTO and cheating, some more true than others, but then again I doubt you guys have 400 active voting citizens either 😛 (meant as a joke, dont take it too personally).

Anyways, the purpose of this article is to establish the fact that we have had some issues in the past, but that does not mean that we cant seriously improve relations. I sincerely hope that in my term I am able to do so, and we can have much better relationship. I can say this, although many of our actions against you may have seemed like aggression on our part at the time, the main reason for our discontent is that you are harboring one of our enemies. You did the same thing to Pakistan when they allowed Serbia in their borders, so I see no reason why you should object our efforts to get rid of our enemy. And remember, you guys let America in before we let Serbia cross.

It is a game, and I am sure we can find a way to benefit both of our countries. Obviously we both have some red lines, and some things may be more tough to talk about, but I think we are mature enough at this stage to start the dialog and stop throwing accusations which will only hinder the progress.

I hope this article does not irritate the reader, since that was not the reason for writing it. There is one small matter though, I am addressing this article to the true Indians (either those who are in RL Indian or who have been here before the eUS came) and not former eUS citizens who are only there now to protect eUS interests. Of course, that is not for me to decide, it is up to you to decide for yourselves, India.

Good luck, and I hope for a strong mutual relation between Iran and India. I would appreciate it if I was able to talk to some of your government officials.

Regards,
Gorgepir