The key point is that Iran is not a major nuclear power like the United States, Russia, or China; it does not have the capability to define the regional security architecture. Even the U.S., Russia, and China have not blockaded straits to charge fees.
Do not use Pakistan and India as examples. The ally Iran chose is not Pakistan or China, but India.
Biggest India ally is PGCC according to the facts:
1. Total Bilateral Trade Volume
GCC-India: Reached a historic high of
$178.56 billion (FY 2024–25).
Iran-India: Crushed by sanctions, fluctuating at a minimal
$2.31 billion (2024).
2. Energy & Oil Dependency
GCC-India: Remains India's largest oil source, providing over
35% of its crude and 70% of its LNG.
Iran-India: Reduced to
zero crude oil imports since 2019 due to U.S. secondary sanctions.
3. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
GCC-India: Massive capital integration with over
$31 billion in sovereign wealth invested in India.
Iran-India: Virtually
no reciprocal investment capital outside of India's targeted port funding.
4. Joint Military Exercises
GCC-India: High-level combat drills across all branches (
Sada Tanseeq army drills,
Desert Eagle air combat).
Iran-India: Strictly limited to basic, low-stakes
naval port calls and passing exercises (PASSEX).
5. Strategic Defense Treaties
GCC-India: Deeply institutionalized via formal
strategic defense partnerships (e.g., UAE defense industry pacts).
Iran-India: No defense pacts, limited to
diplomatic dialogue to protect regional maritime stability.
6. Defense Technology & Sales
GCC-India: India actively markets domestic systems like
BrahMos and Akash missiles to the Gulf.
Iran-India: Strictly
zero arms transfers or defense industrial sharing to avoid Western sanctions.
7. Critical Infrastructure Assets
GCC-India: Shared energy infrastructure, including strategic crude storage at the
UAE’s Fujairah facility.
Iran-India: Centered entirely on India’s development of the
Chabahar Port as a bypass to Central Asia.
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