Sushma Swaraj holds talks with Iranian counterpart, decision on Iran oil import after elections
5 years, 7 months ago

Sushma Swaraj holds talks with Iranian counterpart, decision on Iran oil import after elections

India Today  

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif visited India as part of diplomatic outreach that Tehran is carrying out with all its important partners. The visit comes after New Delhi stopped Iranian oil import since this month in wake of the renewed US sanctions and lifting of waivers for select countries, including India. Sources said that New Delhi conveyed to Tehran that on purchase of oil from Iran, "External Affairs Minister reiterated the position that a decision will be taken after the elections keeping in mind our commercial considerations, energy security and economic interests." "India is one of our most important partners, economic, political and regional," Zarif said on Monday ahead of talks with Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj. Sources said the Iranian foreign minister mentioned the "60-day timeline that has been given to EU-3 and other parties to JCPoA for restoring the oil and banking channels".

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Iranian minister on visit to Delhi to pitch for resuming energy trade
1 week ago

Iranian minister on visit to Delhi to pitch for resuming energy trade

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Iran’s deputy foreign minister Majid Takht Ravanchi is on a visit to India for talks aimed at resuming energy trade, which stopped in 2019 because of US sanctions, and exploring options for ramping up non-oil trade. Majid Takht-Ravanchi, the deputy foreign minister for political affairs, is heading the Iranian side in India- Iran political consultations India and Iran …

Iran Asks India To Resume Oil Trade, Relax Visas
1 week ago

Iran Asks India To Resume Oil Trade, Relax Visas

ABP News  

The new Iranian administration under President Masoud Pezeshkian is planning to give a renewed push for resumption of oil trade with India even as Tehran is seeking expansion of people-to-people ties with New Delhi by way of visa relaxation, according to a senior Iranian official. We understand why India has to follow the sanctions but trade is falling year-on-year which …

There will be no change in foreign policy with India, irrespective of who becomes President of Iran: Ambassador Elahi
6 months ago

There will be no change in foreign policy with India, irrespective of who becomes President of Iran: Ambassador Elahi

New Indian Express  

DELHI: Iran-India ties will continue to be robust, irrespective of who wins the Presidential elections. The results are expected this afternoon and the contest is between centrist Masoud Pezeshkian versus Hardline Conservative Saeed Jalali. Four polling stations were set up in India – Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad – to facilitate the over 3000 Iranian population to come out and vote. …

Iran offers China-style strategic deal for India
2 years ago

Iran offers China-style strategic deal for India

Live Mint  

Iran has offered India a strategic cooperation pact on the lines of a deal it signed with China in 2021, two people aware of the matter said, as the sanctions-hit country tries to attract investments in its energy and infrastructure sectors. Iran has offered a similar deal to India to attract Indian investments and develop its transport and energy infrastructure, …

India, Iran discuss development of Chabahar Port
2 years, 1 month ago

India, Iran discuss development of Chabahar Port

The Hindu  

India and Iran held Foreign Office Consultations on Thursday during the visit of Tehran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani here. Dr. Kani, who is a close relative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, handles Iran’s nuclear negotiations and is considered to be part of the ruling elite of the Iranian state. “During the delegation level …

Data | Will Iran make a comeback as India’s major crude oil import partner?
2 years, 3 months ago

Data | Will Iran make a comeback as India’s major crude oil import partner?

The Hindu  

On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are likely to discuss the revival of oil imports from Iran. However, in FY23, the U.S.’s share in India’s oil imports halved and Russia became the third-biggest source. Russia’s share in India’s crude oil imports was close to 14% in FY23. …

For India, the buzzword now is ‘all-alignment’
2 years, 3 months ago

For India, the buzzword now is ‘all-alignment’

The Hindu  

In his book The India Way, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar offers a critique of India’s traditional policy of “non-alignment” where he distinguishes between the “optimistic non-alignment” of the past, which he feels has failed, that must give way to more realistic “multiple engagements of the future”. He writes, “This is a game best played on the front foot, appreciating …

Iran likely to nudge India on oil imports
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran likely to nudge India on oil imports

The Hindu  

Iran will nudge India towards reviving its procurement of discounted Iranian sweet crude during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi that is likely to take place this Friday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand. This will be the first time the two leaders will meet since Mr. Raisi’s election …

Jaishankar, Amirabdollahian discuss bilateral ties, Iran nuclear deal
2 years, 4 months ago

Jaishankar, Amirabdollahian discuss bilateral ties, Iran nuclear deal

Hindustan Times  

Bilateral cooperation under mechanisms such as the Joint Economic Commission and Tehran’s negotiations on reviving the Iranian nuclear deal figured in a phone call between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian. Iran foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, during the phone conversation with India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar, also extended greetings on behalf of President Ebrahim …

Ties reset: The Hindu Editorial on India-Iran relations
2 years, 7 months ago

Ties reset: The Hindu Editorial on India-Iran relations

The Hindu  

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian’s first visit to India this week has many implications for bilateral relations, but it is the multilateral context and timing that stand out. For New Delhi, which always seeks to run a balance in ties between the two rivals, the Iranian visit comes a week after that of Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. While …

Iran offers to meet India's energy needs by relaunching rupee-rial trade for export of oil and gas
2 years, 9 months ago

Iran offers to meet India's energy needs by relaunching rupee-rial trade for export of oil and gas

Firstpost  

Iran used to be India’s second largest oil supplier but New Delhi had to halt imports after the former US president Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal with Iran and re-imposed sanctions on its oil exports Mumbai: Iran has offered to help India meet its energy needs by relaunching rupee-rial trade for export of oil and gas, said Iranian …

Jaishankar meets German counterpart; discusses bilateral and global issues
2 years, 10 months ago

Jaishankar meets German counterpart; discusses bilateral and global issues

Firstpost  

At Munich Security Conference, Jaishankar will participate in a panel discussion on the Indo-Pacific and will also lead discussions at an ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ event Berlin: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock and held a wide range of discussion covering bilateral and global issues, including the Indo-Pacific, the developments surrounding Ukraine and …

India to resume buying oil from Iran once U.S. sanctions ease
3 years, 9 months ago

India to resume buying oil from Iran once U.S. sanctions ease

The Hindu  

India will look to resume buying crude oil from Iran the moment U.S. sanctions are eased, helping it diversify its import basket, a senior government official said. India stopped importing oil from Iran in mid-2019 following sanctions on the Persian Gulf nation by the Trump administration. "Once the sanctions are lifted, we can look to resume oil imports from Iran," …

Indian Refiners Would Resume Iranian Oil Imports if US Sanctions Eased: HPCL Chief
3 years, 11 months ago

Indian Refiners Would Resume Iranian Oil Imports if US Sanctions Eased: HPCL Chief

News 18  

Indian refiners would resume imports of Iranian oil if the United States eases sanctions against Tehran, the chairman of state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp said on Thursday. India, which was Iran’s top oil client after China, had stopped oil imports from the OPEC nation in mid-2019 under pressure from the stringent sanctions imposed by former US President Donald Trump. On Monday, …

News Analysis | India’s health diplomacy cannot ignore Iran
4 years, 9 months ago

News Analysis | India’s health diplomacy cannot ignore Iran

The Hindu  

Energy rich Iran, reeling under the Covid-19 onslaught and sanctions marshaled by the United States, is testing India’s diplomatic guile, of maintaining its core strategic interests with a pivotal state in the Eurasian heartland. On March 12, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Ravish Kumar confirmed that Iran and Italy were among the countries which had sought India’s assistance, and their …

S Jaishankar holds talks with visiting Iran minister
4 years, 11 months ago

S Jaishankar holds talks with visiting Iran minister

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: External affairs minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday met his visiting Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in New Delhi and “took forward the bilateral discussion on Chabahar”, the seaport in Iran that is if vital strategic significance to India. India has been worried over recent military tensions between the United States and Iran due to any possible fallout on its …

Javad Zarif says Iran interested in diplomacy but not in negotiating with US, claims India can play a role in de-escalating tensions in Gulf
4 years, 11 months ago

Javad Zarif says Iran interested in diplomacy but not in negotiating with US, claims India can play a role in de-escalating tensions in Gulf

Firstpost  

India can play a role in de-escalating tensions in the Gulf region as New Delhi is an important player, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Wednesday New Delhi: India can play a role in de-escalating tensions in the Gulf region as New Delhi is an important player, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Wednesday. Addressing the gathering at …

Rosneft steps in to help India fill gap in oil supply
5 years, 3 months ago

Rosneft steps in to help India fill gap in oil supply

Live Mint  

Russia’s largest oil company Rosneft PJSC will assist India with its energy security efforts against the backdrop of the drone attacks on Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Saudi Aramco, that have caused the biggest-ever disruption in global crude oil supplies, Igor Sechin, chairman of Rosneft, conveyed during his meeting with India’s oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday in New Delhi. …

India, Iran review operationalisation of development projects
5 years, 3 months ago

India, Iran review operationalisation of development projects

Live Mint  

Indian and Iranian officials on Monday discussed the full operationalisation of a trilateral transit agreement for using Chabahar port as an international transport and transit hub to access landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asia. The issue figured in the 16th round of foreign office consultations in Tehran between an Indian delegation headed by foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale and an Iranian team …

Iran-US tensions: 'Highly gratified' by cooperation from 'great friend' India on Iranian sanctions, says White House
5 years, 5 months ago

Iran-US tensions: 'Highly gratified' by cooperation from 'great friend' India on Iranian sanctions, says White House

Firstpost  

The US is “highly gratified” by the cooperation from a “great friend” like India in enforcing the oil sanctions on Tehran, the White House said on Wednesday as the Trump administration slapped sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Washington: The US is “highly gratified” by the cooperation from a “great friend” like India in enforcing the oil sanctions on …

Ties with Iran not influenced by any third country: India
5 years, 6 months ago

Ties with Iran not influenced by any third country: India

India TV News  

India on Wednesday said its ties with Iran stand on their own and are not influenced by any third country, an assertion which came in the wake of US sanctions on import of Iranian oil. After six-month-long exemptions from US sanctions to buy oil from Iran ended in May, India said it will deal with the issue based on three …

Expect a friend to understand: Hope India will act in its national interest, says Iran on oil imports
5 years, 6 months ago

Expect a friend to understand: Hope India will act in its national interest, says Iran on oil imports

India Today  

Amid US sanctions, Iran on Tuesday said it believes India will act in its national interest on the issue of oil imports and Tehran can act as a "protector" of India's energy security. His remarks assume significance as they come days after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had assured India that America is "doing everything" to ensure crude oil …

Iran hopeful India will act in its national interest on oil imports issue
5 years, 6 months ago

Iran hopeful India will act in its national interest on oil imports issue

India TV News  

Amid US sanctions, Iran on Tuesday said it believes India will act in its national interest on the issue of oil imports and Tehran can act as a "protector" of India's energy security. His remarks assume significance, as they come days after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, had assured India that America is "doing everything" to ensure crude oil …

US Secretary of State Pompeo promises to ensure oil supplies to India after Iranian crude ban
5 years, 6 months ago

US Secretary of State Pompeo promises to ensure oil supplies to India after Iranian crude ban

Live Mint  

US secretary of state Michael Richard Pompeo on Wednesday night promised India of adequate crude oil supplies even as India, the world's third-largest oil importer, has been trying to buffer its consumers from the spike in global prices. However, with the US’s conditional waiver for Iranian oil imports to eight countries, including China and India, expiring on 2 May, India …

Iran sanctions: Indian Oil is stepping up imports of US and Saudi crude
5 years, 6 months ago

Iran sanctions: Indian Oil is stepping up imports of US and Saudi crude

CNN  

London CNN Business — US sanctions have forced a leading purchaser of Iranian crude exports to buy more oil from Saudi Arabia and the United States. Sanjiv Singh, head of state-run refiner Indian Oil Corporation, told CNN Business that “whatever supplies were coming from Iran, they were well distributed amongst other countries.” Iran had been the third largest supplier of …

Iran-US standoff: A policy challenge for India
5 years, 7 months ago

Iran-US standoff: A policy challenge for India

Deccan Chronicle  

One of the immediate challenges faced by new external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his team would be to chart a safe course for India’s continued stable relations with Iran in the face of increasing pressure from the United States, Israel and some friendly Arab countries to assume a more anti-Tehran posture. India’s ambassador to the US Harsh Shringla said …

India stopped purchasing Iranian oil after US waivers expired: Envoy
5 years, 7 months ago

India stopped purchasing Iranian oil after US waivers expired: Envoy

India TV News  

India has stopped importing oil from Iran after American waivers granted to eight buyers expired early this month, New Delhi's envoy here has said, becoming the latest country to comply with the US sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear programme. To reduce Iran's crude oil export to zero, the US ended on May 2 waivers that had allowed the top …

US-Iran spat: New govt needs to rebalance ties
5 years, 7 months ago

US-Iran spat: New govt needs to rebalance ties

Deccan Chronicle  

America’s President Donald Trump assumed office in 2017 after repeatedly decrying the Joint Comprehensive Programme of Action, otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal, as “the worst deal ever negotiated”. The visit of Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to New Delhi in the middle of an acrimonious Indian election underscores the Iranian urgency over the US threat. The discussions …

Slippery slope: on India and Iran developments
5 years, 7 months ago

Slippery slope: on India and Iran developments

The Hindu  

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was in New Delhi this week as part of a regional outreach that includes Russia, China, Turkmenistan and Iraq amid rising tensions in West Asia. It has recalled all non-emergency diplomatic staff based in neighbouring Iraq; sent an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, missile defence hardware and B-52 bombers to the Gulf; imposed fresh …

India, Iran discuss Afghanistan, regional situation
5 years, 7 months ago

India, Iran discuss Afghanistan, regional situation

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday told visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif that India would take a decision on continuing oil imports from Iran "after the elections keeping in mind our commercial considerations, energy security and economic interests", Government sources said on Tuesday. The ministry of external affairs meanwhile only issued a brief statement, saying Ms …

U.S. curbs: India to decide on Iran crude imports after polls
5 years, 7 months ago

U.S. curbs: India to decide on Iran crude imports after polls

The Hindu  

India will take a call on purchase of Iranian energy after the general election, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told her Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in New Delhi on Tuesday. “On purchase of oil from Iran, External Affairs Minister reiterated the position that a decision will be taken after the elections keeping in mind our commercial considerations, energy security and …

Opinion | India’s Chabahar gambit
5 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | India’s Chabahar gambit

Live Mint  

Against the backdrop of US-Iran tensions, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to hold talks with his Indian counterpart in New Delhi today. Apart from the US-imposed oil export clamp on Iran, an issue that is likely to dominate the bilateral discussion is Iran’s Chabahar port, in which India has strategic interests. Although US diplomats have assured India …

China and India seen as Europe’s last hope to save Iran deal
5 years, 8 months ago

China and India seen as Europe’s last hope to save Iran deal

Live Mint  

The European Union will defend the Iran nuclear accord despite Tehran's decision to backtrack on its commitments in response to the US sanctions, diplomats believe, but European powers expect it to collapse without a deal to sell Iranian oil to China or India. A French diplomat talked of a "negative spiral" in which trade in food and medicines was simply …

Govt apprehensive Trump administration's sanctions on Iran could boost oil prices, inflation
5 years, 8 months ago

Govt apprehensive Trump administration's sanctions on Iran could boost oil prices, inflation

Firstpost  

Washington: US sanctions on Iran could boost oil prices and inflation to a point that hurts the common person in India, the country’s ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, after the Donald Trump administration said it would end waivers for Iran’s oil buyers. “We are apprehensive that that impact can translate into inflation, higher oil prices,” that could …

US ends waiver on Iran oil imports: India must now scout for cheaper oil from other sources to avoid a crisis
5 years, 8 months ago

US ends waiver on Iran oil imports: India must now scout for cheaper oil from other sources to avoid a crisis

Firstpost  

Higher oil prices would cause reworking of our economic indicators and policy. Iran is the fourth largest supplier of oil to India and hence, the removal of ‘waiver on the ban of imports’ from Tehran is a matter of concern for us. Iran has a share of around 9-10 percent in India’s oil imports and hence, it would be essential …

India may stop oil imports from Iran
5 years, 8 months ago

India may stop oil imports from Iran

The Hindu  

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said the country plans to increase imports from major oil producing nations other than Iran, indicating that it will be acceding to the U.S. plan to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero, a move criticised by the Congress. Failure of Modi’s diplomacy, says Congress Mr. Pradhan said that the government has put in place …

In an oil slick: On Iran sanctions
5 years, 8 months ago

In an oil slick: On Iran sanctions

The Hindu  

Faced with the U.S.’s intransigent demand that all countries put a full stop to oil imports from Iran or face sanctions, the Indian government has indicated it will ‘zero out’ oil imports after the May 2 deadline. The U.S. has made it clear that Indian companies that continue to import oil from Iran would face severe secondary sanctions, including being …

India delays May order for Iran crude oil, awaits clarity on sanctions waiver against OPEC-member
5 years, 9 months ago

India delays May order for Iran crude oil, awaits clarity on sanctions waiver against OPEC-member

Firstpost  

Brian Hook, the special US envoy for Iran, in March said Washington is pursuing its plan to bring Iranian crude exports to zero. New Delhi: Indian refiners are holding back from ordering Iranian oil for loading in May pending clarity on whether Washington will extend a waiver from US sanctions against the OPEC-member, four sources said. “We don’t know about …

India wants to keep Iran oil purchases at 300,000 bpd in extended waiver amid US pressure to cut imports to zero
5 years, 10 months ago

India wants to keep Iran oil purchases at 300,000 bpd in extended waiver amid US pressure to cut imports to zero

Firstpost  

Iran was India’s seventh biggest oil supplier in January compared with its position as third biggest a year ago before the reimpostion of sanctions. New Delhi/Washington: India wants to keep buying Iranian oil at its current level of about 300,000 barrels per day, as it negotiates with Washington about extending a sanctions waiver past early May, two sources in India …

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