State-owned construction company Ircon has signed an agreement to transfer a railway line from the port of Chabahar to Zahedan and Nalco has signed an agreement on the possibility of building a 0.5 million clay aluminum smelter in the Chabahar Free Trade Area, provided Iran provides cheap natural gas. Iran`s Sistan and Baluchestan province, where the port of Chabahar is located, is also the scene of the insurgency activities of the Jundallah insurgent group, which claims to be fighting for the rights of Sunni Muslims[92] and the local Baloch ethnic group. [93] In 2010, Jundallah fighters sent a suicide bomber to a Shiite mosque in Chabahar, killing 38 people. [94] This will allow India access to four major cities; Afghanistan-Herat, Kandahar, Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, but Kabul has already warned New Delhi to be ready for possible attacks by Pakistan-backed elements to delay the project. The future plan includes a north-south international transport corridor through Iran to Russia and Europe. From the port of Chabahar, The existing Iranian road network can connect Zaranj in Afghanistan. This road can then be connected to the 218 km-long Zaranj-Delaram Road – built by India in 2009 at a cost of 680 roads – and finally connected to the Afghan Garland Highway. Indian refineries Essar Oil and MRPL approved $1.2 billion of $6.4 billion in taxes against Iran on crude oil imports and agreed to pay 1.5% interest on the remainder as a gesture of goodwill. The port of Chabahar includes two separate ports called Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti. Between 1982 and 1983, Iran built four 45 meters (150 feet) of mooring at Shahid Kalantari and four 150 meters (492 feet) at Shahid Beheshti. [24] [28] In 1997 and 2004, two large mooring berths with a length of 235 metres and a length of 265 metres were built. [28] Given that 90% of Iran`s population is concentrated in the western part of the country, the eastern part is relatively less developed. Iran intends to change this with the development around the port of Chabahar, with a free trade area and road and rail links between Chabahar and Central Asia.

Its plan is to use the port of Chabahar as a gateway to Central Asia and to preserve the port of Bandar Abbas, which currently manages 85% of Iran`s maritime trade, as a hub for trade with Russia and Europe. [15] “We want to connect with the world. (The) Agreement… can change the course of the region`s history,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after the signing of the agreement in the presence of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

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