NOW that the war is winding down, an important question needs to be asked. Will the rulers of Iran remember with gratitude the role Pakistan played in helping secure a dignified ending for them? Iran is set to emerge as a great power in this region now, having absorbed the might of what the Zionist alliance could throw at it (short of nuclear weapons) and yet kept their cities functioning, the Strait of Hormuz under their control and forced the superpower to break off from the wishes of the Israel lobby and push for a settlement with Iran instead.