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Chahbahar Port

Yasir A. Khan

Bba-III(F)



location

• Geographical situation

• The port of Chabahar is located in the south-

east of Iran and northern part of the Oman

Sea at 25°17′28″N 60°38′15″E.

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Climatic situation

IN general, the port of Chabahar is located in

an area that has warm and humid summers

and moderate winters.



operations

The master plan of the port of Chabahar wasbrought up in 1973

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The executive operation of this port was startedin 1981 and it became operational with thecompletion of four jetties in 1983. During the warbetween Iran and Iraq, the Iranian governmentnoticed the important role of the port of

Chabahar in Iran’s imports and exports, becauseof its unique characteristics such as being out of the gulf.



Geo-Strategic Importance

• Geo-strategically very important.

• Can act as counterweight to Gwadar in

Pakistan.

• India pushed Iran to construct port to mitigate

Pakistan's influence in the area.

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On the hub of Iran gas pipelines.• Near Afghanistan border and Pakistan border.



Geo-Strategic Importance

• New road constructed from Herat inAfghanistan that leads to Chahbahar.

• Can take over significant trade from Central

Asia.• Can serve as an alternative to current NATO

Supply Routes.

•Government of Iran has made Chahbahar afree trade zone. The port is free.

• Has potential for Industry also.



Chahbahar and Gwadar



Iran Gas Pipelines



Indian interest

• TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Indian officials arrived

in Tehran to finalize a joint working group on

the Chabahar Port project, which includes

construction of a strategic railway.



Indian intrest

• Making investments in the Chabahar Port on

the Sistan-Balouchestan province in Iran will

give leverage to India in the region and by

making it as an important transit link it will

give India an access to Afghanistan, Central

Asia and Eurasia thereby reducing the

landlocked Kabul’s utter dependence onPakistan. The Chabahar Port project is set to

bypass Islamabad.



Indian intrest

• India’s shipping secretary K Mohandas is in

Tehran push the plans ahead. The Mohandas-

led delegation is the first such high-level team

visiting Iran over the port in a while. His visit

will conclude on November 30



Indian interest

• Iran believes that this port collaboration

between Delhi and Tehran is the “minimum”

that is necessary between the two countries

for the development of the people and the

region.

• Chabahar could be a “multimodal link” port as

the Chabahar-Bam link will help inestablishing link to Russia via Iran.



Indian strategic presence

• India is finalising a plan to construct a 900-km

railway line that will connect Chabahar port in

Iran, being built with Indian help, to the

mineral-rich Hajigak region of Afghanistan, the

Hindustan Times said on Tuesday.



Strategic importance

• this line will throw up both tantalizing geo-

political and economic opportunities for India

as well as potential for bad blood with both

friends and foes. According the report, the line

will increase Indian leverage in Afghanistan

and its strategic presence in the region. In the

past, however, New Delhi has refutedPakistani fears that

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