In 2016, India signed a deal to build the strategically significant Chabahar port, which is located near Iran’s border with Pakistan.
It inked a long-term agreement with Iran on Monday to advance it.
It was described as a “historic moment in India-Iran ties” by the minister of shipping for India.
However, the US, which has placed more than 600 sanctions on organizations with ties to Iran over the previous three years, might not be pleased with the move.
When questioned about the agreement during a news conference on Tuesday, the nation’s deputy spokesperson for the State Department, Vedant Patel, stated that the US sanctions on Iran remain strong.
