US decision to revoke sanctions waiver for Chabahar port will have implications for India
- 18-Sep-2025
New Delhi: India’s access to Afghanistan and Central Asia through Iran’s Chabahar Port faces a serious challenge as the United States revoked sanctions exemptions previously granted under the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act (IFCA), effective September 29. The US Department of State in a statement released said, “consistent with President Trump’s maximum pressure policy to […]
India to operate Iran’s Chabahar port
- 13-May-2024
India signed a 10-year contract with Iran on Monday to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar, the Narendra Modi-led government said, strengthening relations with a strategic Middle Eastern nation. India has been developing the port in Chabahar on Iran’s south-eastern coast along the Gulf of Oman as a way to transport goods to […]
Iran’s Chabahar Port to be operational by 2019
- 23-Jun-2018
NEW DELHI: India declares on Friday, to make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019, regardless of threat of transformed US sanctions against Tehran. Chabahar port complex in Iran is a new transportation access strip for land-locked Afghanistan, which may result in opening way for millions of dollars in trade and cut its dependence on […]
Iranian president inaugurates first phase of Chabahar Port
- 03-Dec-2017
KABUL: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the Chabahar port, opening up a new transit route between Afghanistan, Iran and India that bypasses Pakistan. The Shahid Beheshti port, located in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province, was inaugurated by Rouhani in the presence of dignitaries from India, Afghanistan, and several other countries […]
Iran’s Chabahar port to complement CPEC: minister
- 15-Dec-2016
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal said that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will not only a game-changer but could be fate-changer for Pakistan. The Minister was addressing the annual conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) where the Quaid-e-Azam lecture was delivered by Professor Athar Hussain from the […]
India signs Chabahar port deal with Iran
- 23-May-2016
TEHRAN: India and Iran have signed an agreement during the ongoing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to develop the first phase of strategic Chabahar port.
India approves plan to develop Iran’s Chabahar port
- 18-Oct-2014
NEW DELHI: India will float a company to develop Iran's Chabahar Port, a government statement said on Saturday, as New Delhi aims to take advantage of a thaw in Tehran's relations with world powers.