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India secures six-month US waiver on sanctions for Iran's Chabahar port
Mint Chennai
|October 31, 2025
India said on Thursday that the US administration has granted India a six-month exemption for American sanctions applicable to Iran’s Chabahar port, which has been developed by New Delhi over the past decade as a crucial gateway for expanding trade and transit with the region.
The Chabahar port has been developed by New Delhi over the past decade to expand trade and transit with Iran.
(AFP)
The move came more than a month after the Trump administration revoked a long-standing sanctions waiver that allowed India to establish a presence at the strategic Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman.
“I can confirm that we have been granted exemption for a six-month period on the American sanctions that were applicable on Chabahar,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a weekly media briefing.
The waiver became effective on 29 October.
This story is from the October 31, 2025 edition of Mint Chennai.
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