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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicIndia-Iran

Topic: India-Iran

MEA summons Iranian Ambassador over foreign minister’s remarks on Delhi communal riots 

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif had Monday tweeted condemnation of the riots, telling India not to let ‘senseless thuggery prevail’.  

Modi govt now wants Egypt to buy surplus wheat, after refusing Turkey and desperate Iran

Egypt's main wheat buying agency is looking to purchase 6,00,000 MT of soft or milling wheat and India is eyeing this contract.

Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif lands in India today for ‘gentle push’ on oil imports

Javad Zarif’s India trip comes amid tensions between Tehran and Washington over the killing of senior Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike. 

Modi govt’s major tool to save India from US-Iran conflict’s fallout – 2020 Budget

India, which enjoys cordial relations with both Iran and US, must delicately balance its stressed economy as global events spin out of control.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar to embark on two-day visit to Iran from Sunday

Jaishankar is expected to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani days after the US provided a rare exemption to India from sanctions on the Chabahar port in Iran.

Iran wants India to resume oil imports, says US sanctions unilateral decision

Iranian Ambassador to India Ali Chegeni has said Tehran may look at other markets to procure soymeal, rice if India does not resume normal trade ties with Iran.

18 Indians aboard British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran after ‘collision’ with boat

Stena Bulk, which owns the tanker, said they were unable to contact the ship seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran hopes new govt in India will resume oil purchases, says envoy Ali Chegeni

India, the second largest buyer of Iranian oil, halted imports from the country this month after a US deadline against continued crude trade kicked in.

With US lifting waiver on oil import, how will India salvage ties with Iran?

Iran foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in New Delhi Tuesday, less than two weeks after the US ended the exemptions from sanctions granted to India to import oil from Iran.

Inside India’s barrel of concerns: US sanctions, alternative to Iran oil and good old ties

There are a number of strategic reasons why India wants to continue buying Iranian oil in spite of other options available.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.