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Shah Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran, who was in power during the Islamic Revolution in Iran, was ousted with the support of Western nations. Nine years after the revolution, in 1987, when the Iran-Iraq war reached its climax, Washington D.C. C. And tensions in Tehran escalated. The conflict also turned to the Strait of Hormuz between Iran, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The Strait is considered to be the most important waterway connecting the Middle East to the energy dependent world.
In July of that year, in response to a request from Kuwaiti leaders, the government of US President Ronald Reagan launched "Operation Ernest Will" to save Kuwait's oil tankers from the Iranian crisis. This led to the safe passage of Kuwaiti ships under the auspices of the United States from the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea. For this, the US decided to change the flags on all the ships of Kuwait and put the US flags. In all of this, the Saudis had to come to the aid of the United States. Saudi Arabia has sent fighter jets to the U.S.AF for emergency air support in support of the US Navy and Coast Guard's plan. - Deployed a huge fleet of F-15s and warships.
That same month, an Iranian F-14 spotted a Kuwaiti oil tanker named Bridgetton (operating under the American name SS Brington) being transported across the Strait of Hormuz under the protection of US warships. Also, mines were planted in the way of the ship. Explosives were deployed from the Persian islands with the help of Iranian speedboats and a string of explosives was dropped in the ship's path. The blast caused significant damage to the main body of the Bridgetan ship but completed its voyage. Following the incident, Ayatollah Khomeini, the head of the Iranian government, and Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi called on S.S. The propaganda that the attack on Bridgeton was a victory over the United States began.
Even after this, such attacks on US tankers continued from time to time. In October, just two months after the Bridgetton incident, Iran attacked a U.S.-backed Kuwaiti ship for the second time, prompting the United States to launch "Operation Nimble Archer." The mission destroyed two oil platforms that were part of a military outpost in Iran's Rashadat oil field and used secretly by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Thirty-two years after the Tanker War of the 1980s, there are signs of a recurrence in the Persian Gulf. On May 12 this year, the United Arab Emirates reported a deadly attack on four ships off the coast. Two of the ships were from Saudi Arabia, one from Norway and the last from Tel Aviv with the flag of Sharjah. Iran has denied the allegations. This was followed by another attack in the Gulf of Oman last week, allegedly targeting two ships. One of the ships was owned by Japan, a major importer of crude oil in the Middle East. Iran has denied responsibility for the attack. But this time the United States released a video showing Iranian speedboats carrying unexploded ordnance.
Following these events, the P5 + 1 (China, France, the US, the UK, and Germany) and the JCPOA, which resulted in negotiations between Iran and the U.S. The situation simmered as the Donald Trump administration unofficially withdrew from the nuclear deal. The agreement, signed in 2015, aims to ease tensions over Iran's nuclear program. In which India was also encouraging Tehran
It is natural for India to be concerned about the war-like situation that has arisen between Iran and the United States. Because the Strait of Hormuz is important for oil transportation, and the effects of supply disruptions from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran, and rising global oil prices, are unaffordable for an oil-dependent economy like India.
If there is one problem that India is facing more than the supply of oil, it is the Trump administration's Iran craze. "Iran is one of the most troubled countries in the world in terms of US national security," said Bolton, the US National Security Adviser. This was a repeat of Trump's own opinion. Currently, the US is putting a lot of pressure on India to curb the Iranian economy by imposing restrictions on Iran's oil supplies to India. (Bilateral meeting between India and Iran at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference in Kyrgyzstan was canceled.)
Iran, however, is lagging behind in maintaining economic growth and stability for decades. On the other hand, Tehran's actions in Syria and the efforts to secure the government of President Bashar al-Assad have left its people in a state of shock. So, in March, after a nationwide uprising last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sent a message to other Iranian authorities that "we must listen to the people."
Meanwhile, as oil imports from Iran to India reached zero, India allowed Pasargad of Iran to open a branch in Mumbai as a solution to the situation. By trading in rupees, India has tried to balance restrictions and self-interest. Similarly, the issue of protecting India-Iran relations from US wrath has been on the table of international politics for many years. The pressure to sever ties with Iran over oil imports persisted even during the Obama administration. But the institutional ethics, trade intimidation and bigotry that have eroded the current US leadership have not been explicitly accepted positively by Delhi.
It is a fact that in this war of tactics, India has a lot to lose by not engaging itself with the US in its conspiracies against Iran. Still, India is trying to maintain its "strategic autonomy" and maintain its old ties with Iran. The refinery at Mangalore in Karnataka was built to meet the quality requirements of Iranian-made crude oil. It is also a reason for India to import oil from Iran and can be said to be an important example of India-Iran friendship.
This situation is probably beneficial considering the geographical strategy. But the economic reality beyond that remains the same, according to which it is in India's interest to update the refinery and make it suitable for processing any type of crude oil. In fact, since the end of Irano-Hind Shipping Company in 2012, the oil refinery project has become an economic monument of friendship between the two nations in India.
The current challenge facing India is the forthcoming visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to New Delhi. To convey. Recently, Japanese President Shinzo Abe went to Iran to negotiate between Iran and the United States, but his efforts were unsuccessful. New Delhi could then see this as an opportunity to ease tensions in the Persian Gulf by engaging with Japan (and further with South Korea and China).
The Asian economy today is the largest consumer of oil in the Middle East. Which is a big loss in the situation arising out of the US-Iran dispute. In which India is arguably the most insecure. India has often had the opportunity to play an important role in the Asian region by staying within the ambit of the global community like the United Nations. Perhaps even with Tokyo, India had and still has a lot of opportunities. If there is a desire in New Delhi to use the ruling ace of cards, cultivating this interest today would probably be to kill two birds with one stone.
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