India has been developing a part of the port on Iran’s south-eastern coast along the Gulf of Oman as a way to transport goods to Iran, but also Afghanistan and central Asian countries, and avoiding rival Pakistan.
Archiv: Chabahar Project
Iran to hold „Chabahar Day“ convention in March
“About 35 foreign countries were invited to attend the conference, and on that day, the benefits, capacities and potential of the port of Chabahar will be announced,” said Hasanzadeh.
India officially takes over management of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti port
The operational control of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti port, as part of the strategic Chabahar port, has been officially leased to Indian Ports Global Ltd. (IPGL) for a temporary period of 18 months, and a 10-year period afterwards, Trend reports via Mehr News Agency.
Suicide bomb attack kills 4 in Iran’s southern port city of Chabahar, shots fired
„The terrorists tried to enter Chabahar police headquarters but they were prevented by the guards and they detonated the car bomb,“ Marashi added.
Capacity of Iran’s Chabahar Port to grow to 4 mln tons
With the expansion of Iran‘s Chabahar Port, it will be able to accept big ships and its capacity will increase from 2 million tons to 4 million tons per year, Managing Director of Iran‘s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Mohammad Rastad said.
Afghanistan: Hochseeschiffe mit eigener Flagge
Binnenland Afghanistan wird asiatische Seefahrer-Nation
Iranischer Hafen Chabahar „U.S.-sanktionsbefreit“
Ex-C.I.A.-Chef und aktueller Aussenminister der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Mike Pompeo, bestätigte am 6.11.2018, dass der einzige iranische Tiefwasserhafen am Golf von Oman von den U.S.-Sanktionen nicht betroffen ist. Zudem wird es dem Iran „erlaubt“, eine geplante Eisenbahnstrecke vom Hafen nach Afghanistan fertigzustellen.
Indo-U.S. Relations Dilemma: CAATSA
The Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj has made it clear that India only follows UN sanctions and does not recognize the unilateral sanctions by the United States.(…)
The push for a waiver by the U.S. Secretary of State might be a face-saving grace as America’s reliability as a global power and the unpredictable nature of the current U.S. administration is questioned.(…)
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Russia and Mrs. Swaraj meeting with her counterpart from Iran is not necessarily a shift but adhering to India’s unequivocal stand on not relenting to these unilateral sanctions directly or indirectly.