{"id":14516,"date":"2025-01-01T22:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T19:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/iran-deputy-fm-to-visit-india-amid-growing-ties\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T22:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T19:18:49","slug":"iran-deputy-fm-to-visit-india-amid-growing-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/iran-deputy-fm-to-visit-india-amid-growing-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran deputy FM to visit India amid growing ties\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5314265.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p class=\"summary\">TEHRAN \u2013 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, is set to visit New Delhi on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Takht-Ravanchi will participate in the 19th round of Iran-India Political Consultations, scheduled to take place in New Delhi from January 2-3, as announced by the Iranian Foreign Ministry&#8217;s Public Relations Office on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Iran and India have a long-standing historical relationship, underscored by cultural and economic ties, and formalized by the 2003 Strategic Partnership Agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">This partnership has flourished, particularly in the fields of energy and trade, with bilateral trade reaching an impressive $17.5 billion in 2022-2023, despite anti-Iran sanctions by the West.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">As members of BRICS, both countries have strategically utilized initiatives like the International North-South Transport Corridor to effectively lower freight costs and transit durations, enhancing their trade efficiency and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Moreover, cultural exchanges and collaborations in technology and pharmaceuticals are on the rise. This is evidenced by a notable 30% increase in Indian tourism to Iran in 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Chabahar port: a new chapter in Iran-India ties<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In May, Iran and India finalized a significant 10-year agreement concerning the operation and equipping of Chabahar&#8217;s Shahid Beheshti Port.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Under this agreement, Iran\u2019s Ports and Maritime Organization will transfer portions of the freight and container terminals to India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In return, India is committing $120 million for strategic equipment and an additional $250 million for transport infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">This agreement not only fortifies economic ties but also strategically positions Chabahar as a counterbalance to Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar Port.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">It fosters regional stability and provides alternative trade routes for landlocked nations such as Afghanistan<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/508196\/Iran-deputy-FM-to-visit-India-amid-growing-ties\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN \u2013 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, is set to visit New Delhi on Thursday. Takht-Ravanchi will participate in the 19th round of Iran-India Political Consultations, scheduled to take place in New Delhi from January 2-3, as announced by the Iranian Foreign Ministry&#8217;s Public Relations Office on Tuesday. Iran and India &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1428,10,2221,13],"class_list":["post-14516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-india","tag-iran","tag-majid-takhtravanchi","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}