Background: Multilateral nuclear talks have started once again in Vienna with a new Iranian negotiating team. Both US and Iran are completely rigid and want the other party to back down and make concessions before they will move. Deadlock: Iran is rigid on removing all sanctions. It is moving towards leaving the economic sphere of …
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Where is Chabahar port? It is located on the Makran coast, Chabahar in South Eastern Iran. Its location lies in the Gulf of Oman. This coast is a relatively underdeveloped free trade and industrial zone, especially when compared to the sprawling port of Bandar Abbas further west. Also, it is the only Iranian port with …
Background: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed between Iran and P5+1 nations. Under the deal: Iran agreed to reduce its number of centrifuges – tube-shaped machines that help enrich uranium – by two-thirds. Iran agreed to bring down its stockpile of enriched uranium by 98% and limit uranium enrichment to 3.67%. Iran …
Background: Iran earlier had several sanctions imposed on it by USA, UN and other western world. These sanctions were earlier removed because of P5+1 negotiations and after Iran’s agreement to reduce its nuclear fuel stockpile in phased manner. After Trump, US has imposed new sanctions on Iran unilaterally. What is India’s response to these sanction …
Iran nuclear deal It is officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). It was signed between Iran and the P5, plus Germany and the EU in 2015. P5 is the 5 permanent members of the UNSC (US, China, France, Russia, and UK). The deal aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear programme. Under the deal …
Where is Chabahar port? It is located on the Makran coast, Chabahar in southeastern Iran. Its location lies in the Gulf of Oman. This coast is a relatively underdeveloped free trade and industrial zone, especially when compared to the sprawling port of Bandar Abbas further west. Also, it is the only Iranian port with …