It dont necessarily have to be a strategic partnership, but having a mutual relationship with both parties on board the same ship but in different cabin is preferred since the parties produce a TNT explosion if had them in same cabin.
And a dealing with both parties should be processed in such a way that ,the second one dont necessarily have to bother due to the relationship with the first.
Both Iran and Israel offers different values to India.
Did any one noticed the names of the 3 countries?
(anyways that I thing is only a matter of fun)
Relationship with the Israel needs to be nurtured with technological gains and controlling the same technology to be passed onto China
And Israel becomes an ACE when dealing with Pakistan in general.I would like to hint at the mutual sharing of intelligence regarding pakistan.Israel provided a significant info during 99 war.And hedging on Israel needs to be considered with a relatively retro-prospective manner ,since Israel need US more than us and the implications of over use needs to be consolidated if any.
I would also like to say that mosad is faring better than RAW in gathering external intelligence.Hence it would be an additional asset onleee if we have Israel onboard the ship.
And the interests of having Iran onboard are kind peculiar,but needs to be considered with a pinch of salt.Iran is a gateway to persian gulf.Its a gateway to Afghanistan and CAR.Hedging on Iran leverages both pakistani and chinese and US interests in the same region.It gives a strategic advantage to India ,while considered with other parties.And it is clear that Iran`s cuddling with nuclear ambitions will get it deserted if anything goes wrong.And apparently one part that jumps in ,to strike deals with such deserted countries is china.But for a china living in the far east to have a successful relationship with Iran is relatively depended on the Iran-Pak relationship.Since India has no need of such cuddling and meddling ,an Indo-Iranian should be considered outside the interference of US and co.
But the relationship with a wanna be nuclear Iran is a dual edged sword.Need to use the sword by keep it at a distance.
OTOH ,a non-nuclear Iran(forever) will give a significant mileage to India`s growth.