Iran–Pakistan relations

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Iran and Pakistan established relations on 14 August 1947, the day of the independence of Pakistan, when Iran became the first country to recognize Pakistan. Both countries generally maintain a cordial relationship with formed alliances in a number of areas of mutual interest, such as combating the drug trade along their border and the cross-border insurgency in Balochistan. During the Cold War (1945–1991), both countries were part of the Western Bloc against the Eastern Bloc. They were founding members of the anti-communist alliance CENTO. Iran aided Pakistan in the India–Pakistan war of 1965 and India–Pakistan war of 1971, and backed Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Both countries shared a common animosity towards Baloch separatists and cooperated in the 1970s Balochistan operation. Following the Iranian Revolution of 1979, which overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty, Pakistan was one of the first countries to recognize the Islamic Republic of Iran, and...

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