Chabahar Benefits for India & US: Counter China, Make Iran talk to Israel

In this episode of #Unraveled, host Marvi Sirmed is joined by Seema Sirohi, a distinguished veteran journalist and author with nearly three decades of experience in U.S.-India relations, to discuss the recent India-Iran Chabahar port deal and its strategic implications. This deal, in discussion since 2002, is crucial for India as it provides access to Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan. Despite the U.S.'s historical sanctions on Iran and potential future sanctions, India's significant investment and strategic interests in Chabahar highlight its importance. The broader U.S. policy to counter China in the Indo-Pacific and the history of successful diplomatic navigation by India, as seen with the S-400 deal, suggest that severe sanctions are unlikely.