{"id":28569,"date":"2018-10-24T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28569"},"modified":"2018-10-24T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:42:12","slug":"iran-not-just-an-energy-supplier-ansari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iran-not-just-an-energy-supplier-ansari\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran not just an energy supplier: Ansari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/iran-not-just-an-energy-supplier-ansari\/article24295555.ece\">Iran not just an energy supplier: Ansari<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari\u00a0highlighted the importance of India- Iran relations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2.While highlighting the importance of relation between the two nations, he stress on following pointers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iran ensures overland connectivity between Eurasia and India and it is not just an energy supplier.<\/li>\n<li>The government should take into consideration the \u201ctotality\u201d of India\u2019s ties with Iran.<\/li>\n<li>For India, Iran is a land power on the other side of Pakistan that provides with an alternative route to Afghanistan.<\/li>\n<li>Iran has borders with large number of countries that India could not access because of the barrier that Pakistan posed to India overland connectivity plans.<\/li>\n<li>India\u2019s infrastructure-building activities in Afghanistan are done with the support from Iran.<\/li>\n<li>Iran has the port of Chabahar where India has invested because access to Afghanistan is crucial for India.<\/li>\n<li>During the war of 1971, the government of Shah was pro-Pakistan, but still India maintained ties with that government and that relationship helped India address energy security need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3.Mr Ansari\u2019s statement came in response to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s demand to cut down energy imports drastically from the country.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>His statement came a day after Mr Trump\u2019s envoy to the UN, Nikki Haley, said that India should adhere to the November 4 deadline and reduce energy import from Iran.<\/li>\n<li>She said, Iran is a major threat to the world and Tehran\u2019s violations of its nuclear commitments and alleged sponsorship of terrorism made it the \u201cnext North Korea\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>In an interview to TV channel, Ms Haley also called India to \u201crethink its relationship with Iran\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>The comments by Ms Haley appear to be a part of a concerted campaign by the U.S. to ensure that India, Iran\u2019s second biggest oil importer after China, cut its oil trade.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran not just an energy supplier: Ansari News: Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari\u00a0highlighted the importance of India- Iran relations. Important facts: 2.While highlighting the importance of relation between the two nations, he stress on following pointers: Iran ensures overland connectivity between Eurasia and India and it is not just an energy supplier. The government should take&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iran-not-just-an-energy-supplier-ansari\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iran not just an energy supplier: Ansari<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704906365},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}