Chabahar port

Private sector invests over $100m in Chabahar Port

Tehran is focusing on development of the strategic port in a bid to complete one of the main infrastructures of the North-South Transit Corridor.

Transportation

Iran private sector calls for specific banking channels to boost India trade

Iran Chamber of Commerce President Shafei is leading a delegation of 30 businessmen in a 3-day visit to India accompanying Foreign Minsiter Mohammad Javad Zarif. Banking relations and Chabahar Port investment are high on the agenda.

Financial Markets

India kickstarts Chabahar Port activities with 70k tons of corn

New Delhi says it will be the first time it operates a port outside its territories. The south-eastern Iranian port of Chabahr is very crucial for India to bypass Pakistan and open its way to Central Asia and Europe.

Trade

Iran private sector eyeballs trade boost in India visit

Iranian oil for India is still crucial as is New Delhi investment in Chabahar Port that adds a further leverage to the countrys regional influence, linking it to Central Asia and Europe. These are will top Iran FM Zarifs agenda in India visit where he is accompanies by a large business delegation.

Trade

Indian firm takes over operations at Iran Chabahar Port

India is keen on open another route to its vital Afghan marke and that goes through Irans southwestern Chabahar Port[ a key and strategic transit road that bypasses Pakistan and paves the way for a faster development of Afghanistan.

Transportation

US exempts Iran’s Chabahar from sanctions

The United States has approved a sanctions exemption for Iran’s southeastern port city of Chabahar, citing Afghanistan’s economy.

Transportation

India, Afghanistan pushing for Chabahar development

India and Afghanistan are pushing ahead with plans to open a new transportation corridor between the two countries via Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar despite US sanctions.

Transportation

Iran inaugurates international port in Chabahar

Iran has inaugurated the first phase of the development of a strategic southeastern port which it expects to open a multi-modal trade corridor connecting India to Central Asia.

Transportation

India opens new transit route to Afghanistan via Iran

India has sent a ship of wheat to Iran to be transited to Afghanistan in what appears to be a dry run of a new multi-modal trade route that dodges Pakistan.

Transportation

Chabahar Port plan on track despite barriers

India says its development of the Iranian port of Chabahar as part of its ambitious bid to access Central Asia and Afghanistan is on track despite problems in procuring equipment from Western manufacturers.

Trade