US sanctions on Chabahar port take effect

[mythbuster]

Why is it always us that have to lie down and roll over wheneve others are on their knees.

Isn't that being emotional.

Nobody else apart from Saudi Arabia and China ever comes to our aid. Everyone else just tries to take maximum advantage of Pakistan whenever it's feeling under the weather.

Iranians are on their knees today. Get them to sign away their oil and gas fields to us before they start feeling cocky again once the dust settles.

They're cocky even now , oil fields are too far away...that gas field it shares with Qatar is within our reach along with Baluchistan.
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[mythbuster]

@Pakistan Space Agency @mythbuster

Blum Pai/PSA sb

Why would Iran sign away their gas fields to you?

Regards

Iran shall be kind enough to leave us something in her will , after all we acting as a hospice for them.

 

[Feroze]

WASHINGTON: US sanctions went into effect Monday on a major Indian port project in Iran, as President Donald Trump again showed his willingness to punish longstanding partner New Delhi in aid of his wider regional goals — in this case to pressure Tehran.

The sanctions on the Chabahar port come a day after wide UN sanctions also came back into force on Iran, as Trump, European allies and Israel have all targeted the country over its nuclear program.

The first Trump administration issued a rare exemption in 2018 to allow Indian companies to keep developing Chabahar when the United States imposed sweeping unilateral sanctions on Iran, whose main port at Bandar Abbas is overcapacity.


But much has changed since 2018. Kabul was then still controlled by a government backed by Washington, the European Union and India, who viewed Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan with suspicion, accusing it of having ties to the Taliban.

Chabahar had been billed as an alternate gateway to Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan, which has long controlled the lion’s share of transit trade into Afghanistan.

The Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in 2021, as US forces withdrew under a peace deal signed by Trump.

The US president has also broken with decades of US deference to India, in which his predecessors declined to press New Delhi on disagreements as they saw the rising power as a counterweight to China.

Trump, who appeared peeved after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declined to praise him over a ceasefire in a four-day conflict with Pakistan, has imposed major tariffs on India due to its purchases of oil from Russia.

State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott announced the end of the sanctions exemption on Chabahar in an earlier statement that said it was effective September 29.

The decision is “consistent with President Trump’s maximum pressure policy to isolate the Iranian regime” and the exemption had been made “for Afghanistan reconstruction assistance and economic development,” Pigott said.

Under US law, companies including state-run India Ports Global Limited will have 45 days to exit Chabahar or risk having any US-based assets frozen and US transactions barred.

Joshua Kretman, a counsel at law firm Dentons who formerly worked on sanctions at the State Department, said any inclusion of an Indian firm on the sanctioned list “has the potential to create a kind of cascading effect where banks and other companies may not transact with the designated business.”

“If that sanctioned entity operates globally, needs access to major banks or dollar clearing, there is legitimate reason for concern,” he said. Commenting on the decision, Indian foreign ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said only: “We are presently examining the implications that this revocation has for India.” Despite the closing of Afghanistan, India last year signed a 10-year contract in which the state-run India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) promised $370 million of investment in Chabahar.

This Chabahar port was a failure from the beginning.

Gwadar port is the way forward.

 

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This Chabahar port was a failure from the beginning.

Gwadar port is the way forward.

Good Day Sir

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Chabahar port in Iran attacked: Why India is watching closely​

The United States carried out strikes against Iran, targeting the port city of Chabahar. This significantly expands the geographical scope of the conflict beyond the Strait of Hormuz. The port is vital not only to the Islamic Republic but also to India. Here’s why ​

After Donald Trump declared the ceasefire to be dead, the United States launched strikes against Iran on Thursday (July 9). The US Central Command (Centcom) said they had struck approximately 90 military targets, including missile and drone storage as well as military logistics sites along Iran’s coastline.

The US forces said the latest attacks against Iran were aimed at “their ability to threaten the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz”, citing recent strikes against commercial ships in the waterway.

Shortly later, visuals emerged of the US strikes targeting Iran’s southeastern port city of Chabahar. Iranian media reported several explosions across Chabahar, resulting in power outages. This significantly expands the geographical scope of the conflict beyond the Strait of Hormuz.

This strike on the Iranian port city poses a significant concern for India. We explain why.

What do we know of the US strikes on Chabahar?​

On Thursday, the US took aim at 90 targets in Iran, with Iranian media reporting explosions in several locations, including Bushehr, home to Iran’s nuclear power plant complex, and the southern port cities of Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Abbas and Sirik.

Residents of the port city were quoted as saying that they could hear multiple blasts while emergency services responded to damaged infrastructure.

Unlike previous US operations concentrated around Bandar Abbas and military installations overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, striking Chabahar signals that Washington is now willing to target Iranian facilities farther east along the country’s coastline.

What is the Chabahar port?​

Chabahar, which sits at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman, is the country’s first deepwater port and serves as one of Tehran’s most important gateways to the Indian Ocean.

The port has long been viewed as a critical economic lifeline for Iran.

The port is also part of the proposed International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a multi-modal transportation project linking the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea via Iran, and onward to northern Europe via St Petersburg in Russia.

Why does the Chabahar port matter to India?​

The US strikes on Chabahar are also of importance to India. That’s because New Delhi has been involved in the development of the port since 2002. In the following year, during then Iranian President Syed Mohammad Khatami’s visit to India, he and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee signed a roadmap of strategic cooperation, one of the key projects in which was Chabahar.

However, the most vital step in India’s involvement in the port occurred in 2016 when India, Iran, and Afghanistan signed a trilateral agreement. Following this, the Indian Shipping Ministry worked at a rapid pace to develop the port, and in December 2017, the first phase of Shahid Beheshti port was inaugurated, and India sent its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan through Chabahar that same year.

India has invested at least $120m in equipping the port.

For India, the Chabahar port in Iran is vital. First, because of its geography. The Chabahar port allows India to circumvent Pakistan in its trading with Central Asia. C Raja Mohan, strategic affairs editor and contributing editor on international affairs for The Indian Express, told _The Indian Expres_s, “The easiest routes for India to Central Asia and Russia are through Pakistan and Afghanistan. The next best is through Iran, which borders Central Asia and the Caspian Sea.”

Even Kabir Taneja, a fellow at the India-based Observer Research Foundation think tank, echoed similar sentiments. “Chabahar is important for India’s connectivity endeavours in Central Asia, a region not easily accessible for New Delhi,” he told Al Jazeera.

There is a second, strategic reason why the port matters to India. In November 2016, Pakistan inaugurated the China-funded port of Gwadar at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman. Experts noted that China’s involvement meant that it could be used to either economically or militarily challenge India.

However, with Chabahar, India found an escape. It gives New Delhi a strategic presence that mitigates the risks posed by Gwadar by outflanking it.

So do the US strikes on Chabahar impact India?​

No, not directly. In September 2025, the Trump administration announced that it was revoking all exemptions to Iran-related sanctions, including for Chabahar. However, India lobbied and pushed for the exemption until April 26.

As a result of the waiver being revoked, India temporarily transferred its stake in the Chabahar Free Zone to a local Iranian entity to avoid the impact of renewed US sanctions, said multiple reports.

At the time, India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiwal noted that New Delhi was discussing the issue with Tehran and Washington. “Obviously, the current conflict is also a complicating factor,” Jaiswal added, speaking about the US-Iran war.

The US-Iran peace deal signed in June gave India hope of continuing its involvement in the stalled Chabahar Port. A Live Mint report from June noted that India and Iran would soon revive plans to expand the strategic Chabahar Port, as geopolitical conditions in the region began to stabilise.

“With the security situation showing signs of improvement, both sides are expected to revisit the roadmap for normalising operations and enhancing capacity at Chabahar,” said an official aware of the matter.

But with the latest strikes and Trump declaring the ceasefire to be dead, these talks are also jeopardised

For India, this means a strategic loss. Every escalation involving Chabahar makes the project’s future uncertain, noted News18, adding that the conflict raises security risks, discourages commercial activity, and makes future investment decisions significantly more difficult.

The strikes on Chabahar imperil India’s long-term vision and its ability to act as a counterweight to China’s growing influence in the region.

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/chabahar-port-iran-us-strikes-india-significance-analysis-14030075.html