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Iran, India discuss upgrade in strategic ties

New Delhi and Tehran are resetting strategic relations, "fast-tracking" transit trade opportunities and building on commonalities.

Sabena Siddiqui
Sabena Siddiqui
Feb 11, 2021
A police officer walks around during an inauguration ceremony of new equipment and infrastructure at Shahid Beheshti Port in the southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, on the Gulf of Oman, on February 25, 2019. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
A police officer walks around during an inauguration ceremony of new equipment and infrastructure at Shahid Beheshti Port in the southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, on the Gulf of Oman, on Feb. 25, 2019. — ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

In a proactive move, India has made fresh overtures toward Iran, apparently sensing the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal is imminent.

Last week, JP Singh, the joint secretary for Iran-Pakistan-Afghanistan at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, paid a visit to Tehran.

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