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Tehran, Iran:
Iran has refuted an Indian newspaper report claiming that New Delhi had been “dropped” from the Chabahar-Zahedan railway challenge.
One of the deputies to Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization, Farhad Montaser mentioned the story was “totally false because Iran has not inked any deal with India regarding the Chabahar-Zahedan railway, reported Al Jazeera on Wednesday.
“Iran has solely signed two agreements with Indians for funding in Chabahar: one is said to the port’s equipment and gear, and the second is said to India’s funding to the tune of $150 million,” Mr Montaser was quoted by an Iran news agency.
He summed up by saying that “sanctions don’t have anything to do to Iran-India’s cooperation in Chabahar”.
The United States, in 2018, had agreed to a waiver on Chabahar port projects under the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act (IFCA) of 2012.
Earlier, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani had described the port as a “important a part of structuring Iran”s financial future”.
The Indian public sector railway firm Ircon International has pledged to offer all companies and funding for the challenge, estimated at about $1.6 billion, in line with identified stories.
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