Iranian state television announced at 4:00 in the morning that Stop fireAt the same moment the rockets continued to cross the sky to BeershebaThe field of impact image on the residential block in the south of Israel was contrasted with a statement in Tehran, which spoke of calm. Shortly, president Donald Trump said that high fire was already a fact.
Later, after the last explosions in a complete alleged truce, he expressed his anger, saying that Tel -Aviv and Tehran “do not know that, damn it, they do” before announcing that Israeli planes were “returning home” and that high fire remained “in force”. From JerusalemBenjamin Netanyahu celebrated what happened like “Historical victory” About Iran, which, according to him, will last for generations. Pitley MasudIran president said on the same conditions. Thus, with 610 deaths on the Iranian side and 28 in Israeli, it was Sealing an end to several days of offensive between the two countries that decades ago They shared a strategic alliance Miraculous today.
Incredible allies strategic partners in a complete cold war
In the middle of the decade, the relations between Israel and Iran are woven outside the visible tension of the region. He Israeli recognition According to the SHA mode Muhammad prays to PakhlaviFirst of all, informally in 1950 and publicly in 1960, it was Exception in the Muslim panorama Middle East. The cooperation between both governments began not with ideological coincidences, but with specific interests: Regional security, energy commerce and a common enemy in Soviet expansion.
The alliance began to form in Years after the founding of IsraelThe field of the professional position of Sha has facilitated caution, but constant cooperation. Tel -Aviv proposed military experience, technology and training in exchange for oil. Visit David Ben-Gurion Tehran in 1961 marked the turning point. From that moment on, the exchange was activated secret, and Both countries intensified their coordination in defenseField
These relations were stable, even when international priorities began to change. As reported I am Mond In the analysis of bilateral connections, The Israeli Armed Forces advised their Iranian colleagues In tactical modernization, for now Iran guaranteed energy supply overcome the isolation of Israel among its neighbors. Although without an official embassy, Israel retained the presence in Tehran through Office link and a network of stable contactsField
Cooperation also included sensitive aspects, such as espionage. He Mossad And SavakThe Iranian secret police exchanged information and even performed joint operations. The balance was maintained under the pragmatic logic: each movement responded to the need for Contain Soviet influence And protect Regional stability against Arab nationalist movementsField
Despite the distance, interest in weakening common enemies supported active bridges.
A 1979 Revolution I unfastened this whole structure. WITH The fall of Sha and the ascent of Ayatol Rukhollah JomeiniIran defeated his ties with Israel and redirected his foreign policy to Open confrontationThe field in this context of the first Israeli embassy in Tehran was delivered to Palestinian Liberation OrganizationAs reported France 24 In his historical reconstruction of the conflict.
However, the gap did not prevent specific contacts In subsequent years. During War between Iran and Iraq In the 1980s, the Israeli government led by Menachem begins He decided to carefully support Iran. There was priority weaken the army of Saddam HusseinBy that time, the most powerful in the Arab world. The supply of spare parts for American military materials blocked embargoes were made by secret routes, as the press showed after Cargo Armenian Cargo Accident In 1981.
This support was not limited by the military. In return, Iran allowed to leave most of his Jewish community and continued to send raw In secret operations. Also He shared information with Israel about the Iraqi nuclear programWhen Iran failed in the field in their attempt to destroy the Osirak reactor in 1980, Israeli aviation completed the task in June 1981.
Despite political changes, General survival strategy Before common enemies, he supported some active bridges. In 1982, while Israel fenced OLP in Beirut, Iran reacted to the Iraqi military advance with opposition, which forced him to invade the territory of his neighbor. Both operations coincided with the same purpose: Weaken the Palestinian nationalismField from this intersection of interests New actormuch more dangerous for Israel in the long run: HezbollahDirectly supported by Tehran.
He Skip time wiped any experience at this stageThe alliance was buried for decades of hostility. But recent statements and preliminary termination of hostilities open the door to consider the chapter, which demonstrates how political turns can completely change relations between countries. The fact that once was a pragmatic alliance has ultimately became a great enormity, which has currently ceased in its military operations.
