The public sentiment is predominantly negative toward the US decision to revoke the Chabahar Port sanctions waiver, with a significant degree of frustration aimed at both American foreign policy and the perceived failings of Indian leadership. Commenters express concerns about economic repercussions, a desire for stronger ties with Iran, and a call for India to adopt a more self-reliant foreign policy. There is a prevailing sense of betrayal and urgency for India to assert its interests on the global stage.

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India just has to wait it out. Another three years.

Seeker_00860

Is any agreement with USA worth it's salt if they keep tearing up agreements they don't feel like upholding whenever

BIG_DICK_MYSTIQUE

Good lord, this is like that turd that won’t go away no matter how many times you flush. If you manage to somehow clean it once, another piece just comes back 2 days later. Markets will just ignore this and move on, they’ll look like fools if they jump up and down every time there is another sanction or tariff.

the_storm_rider

Notice how the USA is doing everything just to inconvenience India now? It's stupid and reeks of elitist behaviour. We should have started the self sufficient drive from 2010 onwards.

dontstealmydinner

When did India ever follow America only sanctions?

illyad0

India should just create a list of state sponsors of terror and put all countries doing business with Pakistan on it. Grant waivers for now but let the threat hang over USA head.

Autobot1979

Anyway nothing was happening there. Infact Iran doesn't want to succeed, but yeah Modi miss calculated friendship with Trump. It's a closed door. We just need to cruise around for 3 years and wait for the next admin to even think about improvement.

Thin-Theory-4805

I think this would be good for rice stocks like krbl who has good export market in iran

cheeni__papa

Just continuously bomb Pakistan's ports and military airports.

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Yeah, some people don't know that India's government actually has better relations with the Iranian regime than the Pakistan government does

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But he wished Modi on his birthday so doesn't matter

UrbanCruiserHyryder

One more geopolitical losss,
#vishwaguru ke poll khul rahe

Dzongo_6819

Government should takeover the operations from the private companies in order to shield them from any possible sanctions.

Sumeru88

China would never enter into a war with the US at the moment. China might or might not invade Taiwan any day now and a pissed off US would then send their military might to Taiwan unlike the thoughts and prayers that Europe is sending to Ukraine. China being on fair terms with the US would be the difference between outside support to Taiwan and direct involvement. I am no military expert though.

xhaka_noodles

I mean if they totally wipe out Iran and try for a regime change, there will be a lot of trouble coz Iran is a huge country with mountain regions.

U need boots on the ground to do regime changes which the USA  has no interest in unless Saudi, Israel or Pakistan are planning to keep boots on the ground it's just going to be another bombing campaign. 

Imo I don't think they are trying to do anything.

vvrr00

I am sure that Israel would like to see regime change in Iran, but I doubt they are gonna get it. They just don't have the numbers. The US has, however they don't want to get into another mess in the middle east, which is rather understandable.

Russia and China prentend to care about Iran way more than they actually do. After Isarael took out their air defenses neither of them made an effort to rebuild their capabilities. Which aloowed Israel to conduct their bombing capaign.

kaiveg

Iran probably has the best people but not the government. Most iranians I've talked to online are very liberal and intellectual. It's better US Israel do a regime change rather than direct engagement on ground as most such incidences make local population get sympathies to there leaders. But eventually they would not be able to get nuclear   thats what I assume .

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&gt; SS: In this report for *The Hindu*, Suhasini Haidar highlights the Indian government’s silence following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, which threatens sanctions on India’s investment in Iran’s Chabahar port. The *National Security Presidential Memorandum* explicitly names Chabahar as part of Washington’s effort to impose “maximum economic pressure” on Iran, directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to review and potentially revoke waivers allowing financial relief, including those linked to the port. The move comes after India recently signed a 10-year contract to develop the Shahid Beheshti Terminal and expand trade links via Chabahar, prompting a U.S. warning about the waiver’s limited scope. While New Delhi is expected to lobby for continued exemption, the development casts uncertainty over India’s strategic ambitions in Central Asia, especially as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to meet Trump in Washington.
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SS: In this report for *The Hindu*, Suhasini Haidar highlights the Indian government’s silence following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, which threatens sanctions on India’s investment in Iran’s Chabahar port. The *National Security Presidential Memorandum* explicitly names Chabahar as part of Washington’s effort to impose “maximum economic pressure” on Iran, directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to review and potentially revoke waivers allowing financial relief, including those linked to the port. The move comes after India recently signed a 10-year contract to develop the Shahid Beheshti Terminal and expand trade links via Chabahar, prompting a U.S. warning about the waiver’s limited scope. While New Delhi is expected to lobby for continued exemption, the development casts uncertainty over India’s strategic ambitions in Central Asia, especially as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to meet Trump in Washington.

My thoughts/non-thoughts: To expand on this context, [Chietigj Bajpaee’s analysis](https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/India-Russia-ties-will-be-tested-under-Trump-2.0) in *Nikkei Asia* (4 February 2025) highlights that India has been betting on Trump’s return to ease U.S. scrutiny of its relationship with Russia. However, this assumption is now in doubt. Trump’s inability to swiftly end the Ukraine war, as he had promised during his campaign, has left him exposed to political embarrassment, and Russia’s continued defiance has only exacerbated tensions. As Suhasini Haidar rightly points out, the focus on Chabahar may not just be about Iran, but also India’s expanded use of the port beyond Afghanistan, including India's purported intentions to connect the port to the International North-South Trade Corridor, and use it for energy and trade linkages with Russia and Central Asia. This suggests that Washington’s shift on Chabahar is not an isolated move but part of a broader recalibration of U.S. policy to address India’s balancing act. Under Trump 2.0, India’s ties with Russia may face greater pressure than expected, especially as its establishment's energy trade, defense partnerships, and strategic engagements with Moscow increasingly run counter to U.S. geopolitical objectives.

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&gt; Trump’s inability to swiftly end the Ukraine war, as he had promised during his campaign, has left him exposed to political embarrassment

This is not true (yet), IMO. Although Gaza ceasefire happened under Biden, most of the credit has actually gone to Trump in this case. So he definitely has the perception of being an effective negotiator. "What Biden couldn't do in 1.5 years, Trump did it quickly" is the perception. So he has some leeway with Ukraine-Russia war. 

Regarding Chabahar, there are no details yet and what is the center expected to do here except do some backchannel negotiation. Trump probably knows that this is one of the sensitive things for India in terms of soft power, so he might be deliberately doing this ahead of Modi meet to get more in the return. It depends on how much Indian government is willing to give in return. India has already accepted immigrants without fuss unlike Colombia. India has also agreed to reduce import tariffs on many American products. Does Trump see this as a weakness or a show of good faith? Only time will tell.

nishitd

I am seeing quite a bit of outrage so far online at the potential cancellation of the Chabahar port deal. Honest question though; can someone explain why Chabahar port is so important for India? My understanding was that it was connected to the International North South Transport Corridor, which will allow India to bypass Pakistan and connect to the Central Asian economies and Russia. While this is no doubt beneficial to India, because of the small size of the central Asian economies the benefit that this port and the broader INSTC provides doesn't appear to be huge, especially in comparison to IMEC, which connects to much larger economies in the middle east and Europe. 

What are the other benefits of Chabahar port that supposedly make it so valuable for India?

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