Iran denies 'dropping' India from key railway project

[Mighty Lion]

Iran denies 'dropping' India from key railway project
The Chabahar-Zahedan rail line will eventually stretch to Zaranj in Afghanistan, enabling hassle-free trade.

11 hours ago

Iran denied an Indian newspaper report that New Delhi was dropped from a key rail project along the border with Afghanistan after it showed reluctance in investing fearing American sanctions.

Depury Chief of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, Farhad Montaser, called the story "totally false because Iran has not inked any deal with India regarding the Zahedan-Chabahr" railway.

"Iran has only signed two agreements with Indians for investment in Chabahar: one is related to port's construction and port's machinery and equipment, and the second is related to India's investment to the tune of $150m," Montaser was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying on Wednesday.

"We had a list of Indian prospective investments in Chabahar port, which also included the issue of Chabahar railway infrastructure and the railway, but during the negotiations, no deal on this was agreed between the two"

He added "sanctions have not impacted or have anything to do with Iran-India's cooperation in Chabahar".

The Hindu newspaper reported on Tuesday the Iranian government decided to proceed with the long-stalled rail project without India's participation.

A track-laying ceremony for the Chabahar-Zahedan rail line was held last week. It will eventually stretch to Zaranj on the Afghan side, enabling hassle-free trade and movement.

Indian consultancy IRCON had pledged to provide all services and funding for the project, estimated at about $1.6bn, according to the Hindu report.

In 2018, Washington agreed to a waiver for Chabahar port under the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, but the newspaper said Indian officials were still wary.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has previously described the port as a vital part of shaping Iran's economic future.


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...ct-citing-funding-delays-200715063259623.html

 

[Mighty Lion]

Indian authorities also saying same. There was never any final deal between India and Iran on that railway line.

 

[vi-va]

Indian authorities also saying same. There was never any final deal between India and Iran on that railway line.

Face saving? Since there was no final deal, so no dropping?
It's like girl got dumped, then tell her girlfriends that she never had relationship with him, nor sleep with him in the first place.

 

[Shinigami]

Face saving? Since there was no final deal, so no dropping?
It's like girl got dumped, then tell her girlfriends that she never had relationship with him, nor sleep with him in the first place.

Unlike china, India is not a "Face saving" obsessed culture (like how we showed our dead soldiers instead of hiding them). It is more likely that the indian media went mad as usual and started over hyping everything.

 

[Counter-Errorist]

"Iran has only signed two agreements with Indians for investment in Chabahar: one is related to port's construction and port's machinery and equipment, and the second is related to India's investment to the tune of $150m," Montaser was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying on Wednesday.

They're saying India wasn't even considered. You can't drop hot air.

 

[alhindi]

India should stick on with with its chahbahar port management work .

 

[hualushui]

Iran just made India less embarrassing.
In fact, India is out

 

[masterchief_mirza]

India is not a "Face saving" obsessed culture

True. You couldn't save the faces of 20 Jawans from repeated blunt trauma.

 

[Mamluk]

Unlike china, India is not a "Face saving" obsessed culture (like how we showed our dead soldiers instead of hiding them). It is more likely that the indian media went mad as usual and started over hyping everything.

Yeah right, your media didn't kill bazillion Chinese soldiers to save face.

 

[Muhammed45]

We didn't drop India that's for sure.

That was because technically India doesn't even exist in Chabahar lmao

Its been a Long time THAT India has become irrelevant. The day they sent spies in disguise of investors, they alienated themselves. Maybe they had other expectations from their next 2 Zero investment that Iran allows them to destabilize the region. No way, India gone means One trouble Maker less. Alhamdulillah

 

[Shinigami]

True. You couldn't save the faces of 20 Jawans from repeated blunt trauma.

Yeah right, your media didn't kill bazillion Chinese soldiers to save face.

You know, Maj. Gaurav Arya talked about how Pakistanis defend Chinese on all the platforms, especially the ones where they are banned. I thought he was exaggerating.

 

[Figaro]

Face saving? Since there was no final deal, so no dropping?
It's like girl got dumped, then tell her girlfriends that she never had relationship with him, nor sleep with him in the first place.

I respect @Mightly Lion's daily attempts to use the power of the keyboard to turn India's defeats into online victories

 

[alhindi]

Yeah right, your media didn't kill bazillion Chinese soldiers to save face.

people from poor nation are doing their duty of defending china , that is great success china have achieved .

 

[masterchief_mirza]

You know, Maj. Gaurav Arya talked about how Pakistanis defend Chinese on all the platforms, especially the ones where they are banned. I thought he was exaggerating.

You know PM Modi talked recently about many things without even having the guts to say the word "China".

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nd...-on-unlock2-poor-2254667?amp=1&akamai-rum=off

India is the only country in the world where the PM self-censors.

 

[Pakistan First]

Unlike china, India is not a "Face saving" obsessed culture

Because with a face like that, no amount of saving will help.

A bunch a baboons raping their women and killing the weak. Such a society is headed towards a fate which is set in stone by "Law of Nature" (Qanoon-e-Qudrat).

people from poor nation are doing their duty of defending china , that is great success china have achieved .

Ironic coming from a person who's nation has still been unable to provide proper sanitation facilities to it's population. Where people poop on railway tracks every morning. Where movies like "Toilet" are super hit because they highlight REAL issues. Where people prepare idols US President and worship it. Where thousands of farmers commit suicide every year because of economic hardships.

If the above is not the definition of a poor nation, I wonder what is.