Chapter 13 The Peacock throne lives
Many say that GCC states are like mirages in the distant desert Horizon who were said that was telling the truth
It was especially true for Syed Ali Siddique who was a known business man of Indian citizenship in Riyadh
He was only 39 years of age and was at the helm of one of the top integrated Transport conglomerates in the gulf the conglumatres clients included the Crandall el Carme of the Oil and gas business and much more by marriage he was also related to the blue blooded set of the GCC known to his friends as al rayiys or the boss for his commanding presence and neck at negotiating any deal to the advantage he was known in the upper echelons of power aswaliu aleahd or the crown prince
Currently in Dubai for the opening of his real estate business in tie up with Emmar it was a hectic day but he was a happy man the deal was a sweet one with al hindi at alearabia Group had purchased 80 % stake in the partnership company with the Emmar Group controlling the Rest of the 20% of the joint venture
But all this was a cover for his really activities he was in actuality the overall Field Head of Indian Intelligence network in the Persian Gulf Region
As he was making his way back to this exclusive villa in the Al Andalusia cluster at the emirates hills development his Samsung S11 Black tie Edition rang he checked the Number it was that of his Boss “Major”shreejith Nair
With a flick of a button he closed the opening to the driver’s compartment
And Rang back both he and Shreejith was alumina of the NDA and were separated by an year Shreejith was of the senior batch both Joined the Indian Army Intelligence corps with Shreejith ricing up the ranks to command the 120th Intelligence Corps and Syed the 2IC of the company they were fast friends and when the Joint Military Intelligence Command was Formed became part of the “startup “ of the outfit this is when Syed was quietly “transferred to the NSIS and Placed under the 2nd special directorate this was a "blank “directorate meaning that this would not be shown on the Official orbat
As he was thinking all this the phone rang once again this time he picked up the call and transferred it to the message app
Syed: hi
Sree: hi da
Syed: was sup man
Sree: got up now???
Syed: no man on the way back home
Syed: any way how is the “team”
Sree: F9
Sree: man ruby wants to meet you
Syed knew Ruby she was the top CIA contact in the gulf her cover was that of a successful businesswomen and a top socialite in the Dubai expat circle
Not only was that she a good friend of his
Syed: who else is there?
Sree: there is ivory, and Abdullah bin nester
Syed wow those two so this something big is it
Sree: so after a long absence the League of Equals convenes
Syed: heheheheheheheh
Syed: let’s meet at my place
Syed today at 8:00 pm any way tomorrow is Friday
Sree: sure
Syed: bye
Syed: tic
Sree: ok
Syed called his sectary and cancelled all the meetings for the day
the day raced ahead and the clock struck 8:00pm in between he spent some time with his wife they were quite close to each other and truly loved each other he had told her “everything” about himself
They both had met over a business meeting and it was love at first sight from then she was with him except when he went on what he called “important conferences”
The clock stuck 8:00 pm the first one to reach the Point was Sree
followed by Ruby ,Ivory, and Abdullah the grouping retired to the privet withdrawing room once there the doors were closed and every one settled down for some shisha and drinks after which the serious discussions started
Ruby and Abdullah started the conversation
Guys the powers that be have directed that a Friendly and more open government be placed in Tehran
It was at this point that Ivory spoke in her Etonian English “yes His majesty’s government also wishes the same
The Indians passed knowing smiles at each other the Anglo-Saxon powers always pay together
Sree asked the Million dollar question “what is in it for India???”
The CIA contact answered this “ well you can get back at the Russians and the Chinese for supporting the Pakistanis and bedsides the Chinese will be rattled at the loses of a source of oil in the gulf “ Abdullah also added “ the GCC governmental panel has also decide to “lower country spific production but Indian specific production will be increased
Syed asked the next important question who is going to take the place of the current Government well question who is going to take the place of the current Government well I am sure you guys have a candidate in your mind am I right ?
To this Ruby said yes sorry we didn’t introduce our friend as the Fab 4 looked on the doors opened and In came two persons one of great busty and command and another as meek as a servant
And Ruby and Ivory welcomed the said persons to the meeting room
As the said person sat down and looked around and acknowledged all the wishes
Syed turned to the rest of the of the gang and asked in a marinade of body gestures who is this
But he ended up making a total baboon of himself which triggered a round of laughter at his expanse but a slight hmmm…. Form ruby bought the gathering back in to business mode
And Ivory took the que and introduced the mysterious persons
Ladies and gentlemen I have the High Honor of introducing to you the Right Honrable Her Imperial Highness Queen Aryana Rez Shah Pavli also know by her imperial name Queen Farah II
Every one stood up and greeted the queen
But all were told to remain seated by the queen and she spoke for the first time that to in her native Tounge
“خانمهاوآقایاناینافتخارمنبرایدیدارباشمااست. منبهشمانمیآیمنهبهعنوانملکهبلکهبهعنوانیکمادرکهخواهانکمکبهنجاتفرزندانخودازحکومتشرورواستبدادیدولتفعلیاست،زیراشماممکناستبهیادداشتهباشیدکهدورهپهلوئیزیرپدربزرگمنبزرگمرحومرضاشاهپهلویایرانیککشورمسالمتآمیزباروابطعالیبینالمللیبود
بهسرخپوستانمیخواهمبگویمسهمماازاشتباهاتدربرخوردباشمااستمنمیدانمکهشماهنوزهمبامابرایحمایتازپاکستانیهادر 70 سالهتلخاست،اماگذشتهازمنبهشماقولمیدهمکهشمایکمتحدجامدداشتهباشیددرایراناینرابهمنقولمیدهملطفااینجالطفالطفابهمنکمککنیدفرزندانمنرانجاتبدهلطفامنازشماخواستهاموقولمیدهمکههرگزفراموشنخواهمشد
Of which the queen’s companion quietly translated to the non-Iranians in the room
“ Ladies and Gentlemen it is my distinct honor to meet you all I come to you not as queen but as a mother who is requesting help to save her children from the evil and tyrannical rule of the present government as you might remember that the Pahlavi era under my great great grandfather the late Rez shah Pahlavi Iran was a peaceful country with an excellent international relations “ then she turned her sea green eyes to the Indians and continued her speech “ to the Indians I would like to say that we have had our share of Mistakes in dealing with you I know that you are still bitter with us for supporting the Pakistanis in the 70’s but that is past I promise you that you will have a solid ally in Iran this I promise please here our please help me save my children please I beg you and I promise it shall be never forgotten “
By the end of this speech by her highness the who room had an urgent need for wipes to wipe away the tears that had gathered in their eyes
It was a bazar sight to behold that the Top intel slushes of their countries people who are supposed to be calm cold and calculated but this day would remembered by all involved but it also reminded them that no matter how many covers they put on they were still humans but as the meeting was over and all left in good faith
History would turn another page the next day the fab 4 +1 met and put together a plan which they called Operation Perseus
Operation Perseus was Operation Ajax on steroids but only this time it didn’t involve the military as an operational component but vast sections of the same was in leagues with the queen
But there was no revolution till now the Natural trigger point for the revolution came when the demonstrations were held by students in the University of therian the starting issue was the increase in tuition and hostel fees soon the protest turned violent and ugly and the Police called in the basic and two young students were killed in the shooting
They were soon taken up as matyers and the capital erupted in protest and violence as a measure of control the government banned the Internet and booted out all foreign media but videos started to be leaked by dar web sites
Soon the relavution started to take hold people no longer saw the Current Iranian flag as the national flag but the Persian lion and sun flag as the flag
The Imperial Salute of Iran became song of defiance things came to ahead when Iranian Troops and other defense personnel joined the protesters in Esfahan The military leadership was increasingly paralyzed by indecision, and rank-and-file soldiers were demoralized like in the 1979 revolution many mutinies broke of the largest of which was by the IRIAF when the 78th TFS armed with Su- MKIR’s revolted and bombed the Mamalis
The crisis futher snow balled when the IRIN as one unit stuck their colors and hoisted the IIN colors and renamed the ships to start with the Initials Imperial Iranian Ships rather than IRIS but all this came to head when the IRGC forces openly clashed with the Army and police forces across the nation and by the week of the revolution all provinces except the NCT was in pro Royalist forces and just like it happened to the previous shah the Supreme leader fled vowing to return
As soon as Iran air Flight 145 took of bound for china Air India Flight AI 1598
Landed at Teheran International Airport Bringing the young queen back to her nation
As she alighted the steps and touched the ground she kissed the ground
After which she met with her Children her people her own people
The media was out to get her but the only sound bite she gave was
زندگیمردمایرانوپادشاهیایراناست which when translated ment long live the Iranian people and the Iranian kingdom
Back in Dubai Syed and the fab four got a gift from the newly invested queen
Back in Iran the new queen set about re arranging the country within months of her arrival a new constitution was drawn up which was one of the most liberal constitutions in the whole Mideast region
And the biggest windfall was for the Fab four respective governments with Indian US UK and KSA companies getting the majority of the Infrastructure contracts
But the Iranian government had a strict condition to the Saudis no religion here please which was accepted by the Saudis after much talk
As for US and UK the defense contracts was a wind fall with LM and BEA systems
Bagging massive purchase and renewal contracts called Operation eastern sun I and II respectively
India too got part of the defense pie as India got a huge order of ships and other infrastructure projects
The queen did not forget the Fab 4 and she arranged a grand ceremony for the Friends of the Iranian glorious revolution
In which the Fab four was invested Knights Order of Zolfaghar and also made 1st class holders of the order of Pahlavi along with been granted honory citizenship of the state of Iran
But the happiness of Iran was the shock of china and Russia as both had lost a valuable ally and strategic Pinch point
But this was just a small part to a greater clash to come in Delhi paramjit knew it and so did his counterparts in Peking and Moscow respectively