India To Step Up Ties With Tehran; Unfazed by US Sanctions!

• It looks like the Anglo-American-Zionist west will have a lot of problems bringing India into their fold. They are going to have difficulties trying to bait India into a war with Pakistan and thus China. This is good news. Both Pakistan and China are standing on the side of Iran. With India, a nuclear power, standing with Iran, US, NATO and Israel will not find this coming Greater Middle East war easily winnable!
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  India to step up ties with Tehran; unfazed by US sanctions! 
  by http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ 
  NEW DELHI: Unfazed by US sanctions and Israel linking Tehran to the attack on an Israeli embassy car here, India is set to ramp up its energy and business ties with Iran, with a commerce ministry team heading to Tehran to explore fresh business opportunities.
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  The team is expected to go to Tehran later this month to discuss steps to expand India’s trade with Iran, part of a larger strategy to pay for Iranian oil, said highly-placed sources.
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  Despite the US and European Union sanctions on Iran, India recently sealed a payment mechanism under which Indian companies will pay for 45 percent of their crude oil imports from Iran in rupees.
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  Not just oil, India is also stepping up the refurbishing of the Chabahar Port in Iran and a strategic railway link that will offer it direct access to Afghanistan and the energy-rich Central Asia.
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  In recent years, India has taken care to insulate its multi-faceted ties with Iran from the West’s collision with Tehran over its nuclear programme. The West accuses Iran of developing nuclear bombs.
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  India is uneasy at Israeli accusations about Iran’s hand in the Monday bombing that targeted an Israeli embassy car, badly injuring the wife of the Israeli defence attache. India, the sources said, does not want to be drawn into a diplomatic war of words between Tehran and Tel Aviv. Iran has rubbished Israeli charges as “empty lies”.
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  But with Israel launching a diplomatic offensive and the American Jewish Congress (AJC) asking India to scale down its engagement with Iran, New Delhi could come under renewed pressure from the West to cut off ties with what the Americans say is a rogue regime.
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