India gets six-month US sanctions waiver for Chabahar Port

Harbour security men stand guard during an inauguration ceremony of new equipment and infrastructure at Shahid Beheshti Port in the Southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, on the Gulf of Oman on February 25, 2019. - AFP

NEW DELHI: India has received a six-month waiver from United States (US) sanctions on Iran's Chabahar port.

"I can confirm that we have been granted exemption for a six-month period on the American sanctions that were applicable on Chabahar," Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Randhir Jaiswal told a media briefing in New Delhi on Thursday. (Oct 30)