PM Modi congratulates Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi
Ebrahim Raisi won Friday's presidential election by a landslide with over 17.8 million votes.
Ebrahim Raisi won Friday's presidential election by a landslide with over 17.8 million votes.
The spokesperson noted that India was a major importer of crude oil from Iran. This was very important for its own energy security needs.
Nauert's remarks came a day after Trump said that India would find out "sooner think you think" about his decision on whether to impose sanctions on its deal with Russia.
The port facilitates access to Afghanistan by bypassing Pakistan and is also a vital link in the International North-South Transport Corridor.
The US earlier indicated that it would consider waiving sanctions for countries that would need more time to slash oil purchases from Iran, while not making any firm commitment to New Delhi in this regard, it is learnt.
India and Iran on Monday discussed ways to tackle the fallout of US sanctions on their Islamic nation on bilateral economic cooperation, particularly oil imports by India.
Sources said the US was prepared to work with countries that were reducing their oil imports on a case-to-case basis.
Visiting US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley had taken up the Iranian nuclear issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday night.
In what is seen as an indictment of Pakistan, Iran on Saturday joined India in condemning the states that aid, abet and…
