Why did Iran say, 'India should strengthen its backbone'?

 19 Nov 2019 ( News Bureau )
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Iran's Foreign Minister Javed Zarif has said that if we look at things in totality, the relations between Islamic Republic of Iran and India cannot be broken.

However, Javed Zarif said that India should strengthen its backbone so that it can refuse to succumb to US pressure on sanctions against us.

Zarif also referred to the relationship of Sufi tradition between India and Iran. The Iranian foreign minister was saying these things while talking to reporters in Tehran. He said that before the US sanctions, he hoped that India would become Iran's largest oil-buying country. He said that India should show more resistance in the face of US pressure.

Zarif said, "Iran understands that India does not want to ban us but similarly it does not want to annoy US President Donald Trump. People want something else and do something else. This is a global strategic mistake and countries around the world are doing it. The extent to which you will accept wrong things and it will not end and you will be forced to move towards it. India is not already buying oil from Iran under US pressure.''

Javed Zarif said these things to a group of Indian women journalists.

Trump dropped out of the international nuclear deal with Iran last year. Trump said that Iran is running its nuclear program under the cover of the nuclear deal. Under this agreement, the US embargo was lifted from Iran in 2015, but Trump again enforced these sanctions. Iran's economy has stalled badly due to US sanctions. India also stopped buying oil from Iran due to these restrictions.

Javed Zarif said, "Iran will not buy your rice if you do not buy oil from us."

Iran had given this facility to India to pay oil in rupee. This was beneficial for India because it also used to maintain the strength of the rupee and did not increase the pressure on foreign exchange reserves. Zarif also expressed disappointment with India for the slow pace in the construction of Chabahar Port.

Zarif said, "Chabahar is very important for India and Iran. Chabahar will affect regional stability. There will be stability in Afghanistan and this means that terrorism can be tackled."

Zarif said that Iran's 80 million population is suffering due to US sanctions. Iran has been under constant US sanctions since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The revolution brought an end to the rule of the West-backed ruler Shah Mohammad Raza Pahlavi in ​​Iran.

 

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