Iranian President Raisi's visit to Pakistan began on April 22, and Raisi's visit to Pakistan was a trip that took place after Iran was hit by an Israeli army's air strikes. Pakistan and the United States are military allies, and the United States has long provided military assistance to Pakistan, and at present, many weapons of the Pakistan Air Force are imported from the United States, including F-16C/D fighter jets. The Pakistani military and the U.S. military have close relations and frequent interactions, and the Pakistan Air Force has traveled to the United States to participate in joint military exercises, highlighting the close cooperation between the United States and Pakistan.
Iran and the United States have been in a hostile relationship for a long time, and the United States' suppression of Iran is the norm, in November 2023, the U.S. Navy will use the CVN69 USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier to approach Iran, and there are combat cruise missions in the Persian Gulf. The United States has established deterrence against Iran in many areas, in fact, before Israel bombed Iran, the U.S. military had already taken action against Iran, and the U.S. military was directly involved in countering Iran's surprise weapons when Iran attacked Israel on April 13.
Israel retaliated after the Iranian air strikes on Israel, which led to strikes on several Iranian targets on April 20, according to satellite photos, which showed that Iran's S300 anti-aircraft missiles used to protect nuclear facilities were targeted by Israel. Iran is from Russia to buy the S300 air defense system, for important target air defense missions, but it still encountered Israel's poisonous hands, the outside world is generally believed to be through Iraq, launched an air attack on targets in central Iran, Israel uses an air-launched ballistic missile, from the accuracy of the strike, Israel's ballistic missile performance is quite good.
For Iran, Iraq is a huge loophole, because the United States had already destroyed Iraq's air defense system at the time of the invasion of Iraq, so the entry of Israeli fighter jets into Iraq was like entering a "no man's land". At the same time, due to the close military cooperation between the United States and Pakistan, it is clear that Iran is also worried that Pakistan will also become a loophole in Iran's air defense. Pakistan and Iran share a common border, and theoretically if the US military enters Pakistan, it will be able to launch an attack on the southeastern region of Iran, thus posing a huge threat to Iran.
However, for Iranian President Raisi's visit to Pakistan, the Western media generally interpreted it as Iran's attempt to repair relations with Pakistan, because Iran had previously attacked the Baloch separatist forces in Pakistan, which triggered Pakistan's strikes on targets in Iran. Iran and Pakistan have a huge space for cooperation, Iran and Pakistan both have close cooperation with China, China wants to buy a large amount of energy from Iran, if through the pipeline between Pakistan and China, so that it can go around the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Malacca, so it is very important for China to maintain cooperative relations between Iran and Pakistan.