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Chahbahar Port
Yasir A. Khan
Bba-III(F)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Chahbahar and Gwadar
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Iran Gas Pipelines
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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