Iran-India Relations

Representatives from 10 knowledge-based IT firms are visiting India to explore opportunities for cooperation with Indian counterparts, an Iranian official said.

Iran’s foreign minister says the country has always been, and will remain a reliable supplier of petroleum for India.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit India on Monday January 7, at the head of a high-level political and economic delegation.

India’s ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran says Indian oil imports from Iran has not been cut off and will continue.

Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi says Tehran must change its traditional approach towards European and US companies for buying pharmaceuticals, stressing that such a change would definitely benefit the country in the future.

An Iranian official has rejected the unfounded claims that Indians have left the southeastern port city of Chabahar following the recent terrorist attack there, saying the investment projects are progressing as fast as possible.

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala in India.

An Iranian official says the recent terrorist attack in the port city of Chabahar in southeastern Iran was plotted by the enemies of Iran which seek to hamper foreign investment in Iran’s Makran coasts.

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

Officials in New Delhi say the United States has agreed to grant India a waiver from Iran sanctions so that the country would be able to maintain imports of crude oil from the Islamic Republic.

India, Iran and Russia will meet next month to discuss the operation of a 7,200 km trade and transport corridor that presents a cheaper and shorter alternative to the traditional route through the Suez Canal.

Iran, Afghanistan, and India believe the Chabahar port in south-east of Iran, which is being developed by Indian investors, will play a vital role in the future economy of region, particularly in that of the crisis-hit Afghanistan.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed regret over a deadly train accident northern India, which killed and wounded dozens of people.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj have discussed ways to expand mutual economic ties between the two sides in a Wednesday meeting in New York.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected “repeated voices of concern” by a lawmaker that the posts of ambassadors to China and India have fallen vacant for seemingly a long time, giving a detailed explanation of the lengthy process of appointment of envoys.

The first tripartite meeting of Iran, Afghanistan, and India was held on September 11, 2018 at the level of deputy foreign ministers in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

India is allowing state refiners to import Iranian oil with Tehran arranging tankers and insurance after firms including the country’s top shipper Shipping Corp of India halted voyages to Iran due to US sanctions, sources said.

Iranians have won gold medals in both men's and women's kabaddi championships at the Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condoled with the Indian government on the death of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed regret over the deadly floods caused by monsoon rain in India, which left hundreds of people dead and missing.

An Indian daily has written in an article that Iran is surprisingly different from what the West is trying to introduce to the world as part of its propaganda campaign.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi says Indian officials have expressed their interest in buying Iran’s crude oil despite the US sanctions.

Conservative newspaper Kayhan has called on the Iranian government to stop relying on the West and form a consortium with Russia, India and China as an alternative to cope with the West’s economic pressure.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have sat for talks on promotion of all-out ties between the two countries.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described his visit to India as fruitful saying he held productive meetings with Indian official.