AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi ridicules Pakistan’s decision to nominate Trump for peace prize despite US role in strikes on Tehran
by Utsav RoyAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday took a dig at Pakistan for once recommending former US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, a move that came prior to America collaborating with Israel in launching strikes on Iran, targeting vital nuclear sites in Tehran.
Owaisi sarcastically questioned whether Pakistan endorsed Trump only to witness the United States later drop bombs on Iran. He also mocked Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir’s recent meeting with Trump at the White House, which took place on Wednesday.
“We should ask Pakistanis if they wanted Trump to get a Nobel Peace Prize since they had proposed it,” he made the remark following US airstrikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities located in Isfahan, Fordow, and Natanz.
“Did Pakistan’s General (Army chief Asim Munir) have lunch with the US President for this? They have all been exposed today,” he stated.
Criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Owaisi stated that the US strikes had aided him and labeled Netanyahu as a “Palestinian butcher.”
“This attack by the US has helped Netanyahu, who is a butcher of Palestinians, to cover up the genocide, which he has done in Gaza and he continues to do so. At least 55,000 Palestinians have been killed and the US is not worried about it,” Owaisi further said.
Referring to Iran’s nuclear threat as merely a “boogeyman,” the Hyderabad MP remarked, “Similar claims were made about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and Libya, yet nothing materialized.”
Voicing deep concern over the possibility of a full-scale war erupting in the Middle East, he warned that such a conflict would have disastrous consequences for India.
He highlighted that over 16 million Indians reside in the Gulf and Middle Eastern regions, emphasizing, “If conflict breaks out in these areas, which unfortunately seems increasingly likely, it would severely affect the Indian community living there.”
Underlining the region’s economic significance to India, Owaisi added, “Indian companies have invested heavily in various Arab and Gulf countries, and a significant portion of foreign investments comes from this region.”
On Saturday (local time), former US President Trump announced that American forces had launched coordinated air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. This marked a significant escalation, representing the first direct US military engagement alongside Israel in the ongoing conflict.
CBS News reported that the US also engaged in diplomatic efforts to clarify to Iran that these strikes were limited in nature, stressing that Washington was not aiming for regime change.
The US attacks aimed to undermine Iran’s nuclear capabilities and followed more than a week of Israeli-led operations targeting Iranian air defense and missile infrastructure.
The strikes involved six B-2 stealth bombers dropping a total of twelve bombs, marking the first time this specific munitions had been used by the US against Iran during the recent Middle East tensions.
Iran, which has consistently maintained that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, responded with missile and drone attacks against Israel. Israel, in turn, continued to target locations within Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any US military involvement against Iran would be “extremely dangerous.”
Prior to these events, the US and Iran had been engaged in negotiations that could have led to Washington easing some of its stringent economic sanctions on Tehran in exchange for significant curtailment or cessation of uranium enrichment activities.