Iran and Pakistan call each other ‘strategic depth,’ pledge closer ties
Iran's security chief says neighbors will deepen political, economic, and security cooperation amid shifting regional dynamics
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran and Pakistan have reaffirmed their strategic partnership, with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary, Mohsen Rezaei, saying the two countries have long served as each other’s “strategic depth” — a term for a neighbor that provides political and security backing in a crisis.
Rezaei made the remarks Wednesday in a meeting with Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran, the Press TV website reported.
He said successive Iranian leaders — from the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, through the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to the current Supreme Leader — had consistently viewed Pakistan as Iran’s strategic depth, and vice versa.
He described relations as “genuine and ideological.”
Rezaei said major Muslim-majority nations — Iran, Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Indonesia — bear a collective responsibility to promote Islamic unity through stronger cooperation, and said President Masoud Pezeshkian supports a sharp increase in bilateral trade.
Naqvi congratulated Rezaei on his appointment and said Iran-Pakistan relations had reached an unprecedented level in recent months. He said the recent defense pact between Pakistan, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia aims to bolster regional stability, and pointed to mourning ceremonies held across Pakistan for Iran’s slain leader as a sign of the bond between the two peoples.
“This relationship… must lead to greater cooperation and more tangible results,” he said.
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