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Chabahar Project: Tehran’s strategy is coming out behind India’s blow to India’s Chabahar-Jahedan deal with Iran. Reports say that Iran wants the deal with India to benefit from the relaxation of the sanctions imposed by the US.

Highlights

• Iran’s strategy for Chabahar rail project
• Attempting to be close to both China and India
• US-India relations understand the danger bell
• India has an exemption from US sanctions in Chabahar
• Iran tries, India is more interested

Iran’s closeness with China has been increasing with India creating a tense situation on a range of issues from India to Ladakh and from the US to the Coronavirus to the South China Sea. On the other hand, he is not pleased with India’s close proximity to America. Meanwhile, even though he has denied reports of the removal of India from the Chabahar-Jahedan railway project, it is believed that there has been a strategy behind it as well. In fact, Tehran was trying to take advantage of the relaxation given to India on the sanctions imposed by the US.

Close to China, talk to India?

According to an AsiaTimes report, Iran is doing a $ 400 billion deal with China, while it is angry that India has stopped energy imports from Iran following US sanctions. He also says that India is not interested in Chabahar. However, Iran has described these reports as a rumor and despite its proximity to China, it is not clearly speaking to India. There was a possibility that China would take it under its Belt and Road Initiative after the completion of the 10-year Chabahar Agreement between Tehran and New Delhi in 2026.

Mixed thoughts inside the country

In such a situation, the question is how Iran will balance with China and India simultaneously. India has better relations with its opponents, the US, and Israel, while peaceful tension is present in relations with China. There is a large section in Iran that believes that it can trade with China and India simultaneously through a safe passage. However, there are some organizations in the country that are not in favor of relations with the Government of India.

Iran is examining India’s surrender

A political science professor from Tehran says that Iran wanted to see what India did on Iran’s complaints under the pretext of Chabahar. When it came to ousting India from Chabahar, India’s Ambassador Gaddam Dharmendra met the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran and the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Roads and Railways. It is believed that Iran wanted to see how India went beyond its policy against Iran’s opponents and treated Iran. He believes that now India will be more interested in this project.

Loss of relations with India will cause damage

On the other hand, due to India’s involvement with the Chabahar project, the US has relaxed the restrictions. This is an investment opportunity for Iran amid the Coronavirus epidemic that has brought relief. In such a situation, Iran would not want India to get out of this project because it can also waive sanctions. However, there is a faction in Iran that believes that if India is not benefiting from Iran then the relationship between the two does not make sense.