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- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that countries helping Iran generate revenue could face US sanctions, hours after PM Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the SCO summit in Bishkek.
- The two leaders discussed expanding trade and regional stability, though no formal trade agreement was announced.
- India values ties with Iran for access to Chabahar port and the North-South Transport Corridor, but American secondary sanctions are raising the cost for Indian companies and banks dealing with Tehran.
- The episode highlights the narrowing space for India's policy of multi-alignment as Washington tightens pressure on anyone facilitating Iranian revenue.
What to watch next
- Whether India seeks fresh US exemptions for Chabahar port dealings
- Whether any India-Iran trade mechanisms emerge despite the sanctions warning
- Progress in Iran-US talks under the June interim agreement, which Pezeshkian linked to freedom of navigation
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Marco Rubio
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“I don’t think there’s a trade deal between India and Iran”
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…of state Marco Rubio has sought to draw a red line between India’s right to conduct its own diplomacy and Washington’s determination to prevent Iran from rebuilding the economic lifelines strangled by US sanctions. “ I don’t think there’s a trade deal between India and Iran ,” Rubio said Wednesday, after PM Narendra Modi’s meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan drew scrutiny in…
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Named United States · India · Iran · Kyrgyzstan · Russia · Pakistan · Afghanistan · Marco Rubio · Masoud Pezeshkian · Narendra Modi · Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft · Shanghai Cooperation Organisation · Shehbaz Sharif · Trita Parsi
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