Right now, the bombing of an important meeting place where some top Iranian generals had assembled in Sistan Baluchistan on the Iranian soil, is emerging as a core issue. The bomb killed 42 Iranians, including a few top commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guards.

 

Who did it? While the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad mentioned a hand of USA, UK and Pakistan in killing Iranian citizens and the Generals of the elite Revolutionary Guards, Washington DC issued an immediate denial. Pakistan assured Iran of cooperation in tracking the bombing culprits. The neutral observers see no motive of the United Kingdom in doing so.

 

Of course, the needle of suspicion still points to a Sunni Muslim group based in Baluchistan of Pakistan. They have a clear cut motive. They have extended an open support to the Sunni minority living in penury in the South-Eastern parts of Iran who are, allegedly periodically harassed by the officials of the Shiite Iran.

The Revolutionary Guards have decided to undertake revenge against these Sunni groups of Pakistan. Unconfirmed reports made a mild mention, that some members of the Revolutionary Guards did enter Pakistan and have taken an appropriate punitive action against the said Sunni group.

 

It is indeed fashionable for emerging powers to have their own nuclear devices as a deterrent. Initially, all Muslim states wished to have a common bomb, christened as the Islamic Bomb, to be controlled jointly. The idea of joint control may be good, but remains impractical. Thus, the Islamic world was back to square one and the idea of having an Islamic bomb just remained a by-product of the dream world.

 

Of course, when India went Nuclear, Pakistan followed suit, as seemed to be a question of prestige for them. Now both the traditional rivals are nuclear powers and it is incumbent upon them to check and prevent proliferation. A Lakshman Rekha has to be drawn and protected with sincerity and honesty.

 

Iran aspires to join the global Nuclear club. The world knows that the Iranians are on the threshold of becoming a nuclear power. They have been inspected by the International Atomic Agency many a times. Iranians have claimed the right of exploring and exploiting the nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. However, the dividing line between peaceful use and belligerent use of nuclear power is rather thin.

 

The sad incident in the Iranian Balochistan might culminate in Iran using the N bomb to avenge the bombing of its citizens and generals and to prove the point that it has the nuclear know how to make the bomb and deliver it in a hostile corner without seeking anyone’s permission.

 

Will the Shiite countries and Sunni powers ever unite to defend their ideology against the onslaught of the rest of the world? Perhaps no. They have not done so in the past and are not likely to do so in future. They do not achieve anything by making a confederation. After the decline of Papal powers and breaking up of Christendom, the Christian states developed their national powers but never dreamed of making a confederation. They prayed for peace but waged World Wars, not once but twice.

Moral of the story is: Break barriers and let mankind unite in furtherance of art and culture so that we live a healthy and happy life, free from strife.