[quote=TheEvanCat]
If nukes are used, expect Iranian intervention. I've set up Iran to be some sort of apologist power that, after overthrowing the Ayatollah in what essentially was , the reinstated Shah is trying to stop all this instability and place Iran on the world stage as a "good guy" who goes in to wartorn countries and helps, mostly to make up for the Ayatollah's decades of dickery. They have troops in Turkmenistan that did a highly publicized government-building campaign in 2038, and I'm doing troops into Iran now. It's realistic that peacekeepers would be in Pakistan and India to help, especially if it's been nuked. Reconstruction, aid, decontamination, etc. Iran was neutral during the war (too focused on its internal issues like a growing revolt against the new hardliner Ayatollah who basically killed all the moderate policies set in motion by Hassan Rouhani during the previous Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reign) and it's had a pretty strong, self-sustaining economy (that you can see them building right now) because of the sanctions that cut it off from the world - this removed a globalization aspect that would have crippled it otherwise. This creates the situation where Iran is a strong regional power with a mindset to curry favor with its neighbors, bring in a new era that's distinct from Islamic Iran's hostility, and repair instability that could threaten it.TL;DR: Expect Iran to be in your shit.
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Humanitarian aid from the Iranians would certainly be welcomed in India. Assuming Iran doesn't try to involve itself in India in any way other than pure aid and assistance, I'm sure you'd certainly be laying the foundation for friendship and future cooperation. You might also be able to call up a few favors in India as a result of the aid. Anyway, despite the growing resentment of Islam among the Hindu Indians and Hindu nationalist government, I could see help from Iran being welcomed and appreciated.

Also, I plan to have made Pakistan largely desolate in the course of the war due to an arguably unnecessarily severe reaction to a Pakistani nuclear strike. Pakistan at this point may be likened to what Central America is to be in this RP, in that it's mostly lawless and in ruins, but with the kicker of residual radiation and nuclear fallout. India has taken the disputed regions in Kahmir (a bit more than the disputed territory, really) despite fact that it's blanketed in fallout and utterly war-torn, but besides that has made no effort to restore Pakistan or help stabilize/rebuild the region. With the Taliban and other rebel groups controlling the largely stateless region which was once Pakistan, this could be a golden opportunity for your Iran to step in and restore order. Hell, make a puppet if you want, India's just about sick with dealing with Pakistan, considering the destruction the whole situation brought about.

Oh yes, and the nuclear fallout from the exchange between India and Pakistan would have affected most of South Asia to some extent. So sorry about that, but Iran might have some mild to moderate fallout issues.