However, Iran's continued support for Pakistan in the India–Pakistan conflict and India's close relations with Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War greatly strained bilateral ties.
Polls have consistently shown that a very high proportion of Pakistanis view their western neighbour positively. Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei has also called for the sympathy, assistance, and inter-cooperation of all Muslim nations, including Pakistan. However, some tensions have remained.
Syria. Syria and Iran are strategic allies. Syria is often called Iran's "closest ally", the Arab nationalism ideology of Syria's ruling Baath party notwithstanding.
China and India have also emerged as friends of Iran; these three countries face similar challenges in the global economy as they industrialize, and consequently find themselves aligned on a number of issues. Iran maintains regular diplomatic and commercial relations with Russia and the former Soviet Republics.
Iran has a GDP per capita of $12,400 as of 2020, while in India, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2020. In Iran, 18.7% live below the poverty line as of 2007. In India, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2011.
India and Iran share a millennia long history of interactions. The contemporary relations between the two countries are marked by high level exchanges, commercial cooperation, connectivity paradigm and cultural and people to people ties.
India will pay $700 million of its oil import debt to Iran, the Indian Express, an English-language daily newspaper published in India, reported Friday.
It wasn't until 1969 that Iran displayed open support for China's membership. Now, Iran relies on China's membership, and especially Chinese veto power on the Security Council, to protect it from US-led sanctions. China is known for its preference of diplomacy over sanctions.
Though India is not a part of any major military alliance, it has a close strategic and military relationship with most of its fellow major powers. Countries considered India's closest include the United Arab Emirates, Russian Federation, Israel, Afghanistan, France, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and the United States.
Iran and Russia are strategic allies and form an axis in the Caucasus alongside Armenia. Iran and Russia are also military allies in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq and partners in Afghanistan and post-Soviet Central Asia. The Russian Federation is also the chief supplier of arms and weaponry to Iran.
The biggest rivalry in the Arab–Iranian conflict is between Saudi Arabia and Iran, who have been waging a heavy proxy war against each other since the late 1970s.
The foreign relations with Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and China remain important and based on the extensive cooperation in national security and economical interests in the Persian Gulf and wide-ranging bilateral relations with the United States and other Western countries.
Since mid-2022, Iran has become Russia's top military backer, according to John Kirby of the National Security Council. Iran's decision to aid Russia in the war on Ukraine reflected the expanding strategic alliance with Moscow.
Pakistan has a long and strong relationship with China. The long-standing ties between the two countries have been mutually beneficial. A close identity of views and mutual interests remain the centre-point of bilateral ties.
Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally as part of the War on Terrorism, and a leading recipient of U.S. aid.
The two countries have a complex and largely hostile relationship that is rooted in a multitude of historical and political events, most notably the partition of British India in August 1947. The India–Pakistan border is one of the most militarised international boundaries in the world.
Russia and India, both, consider their mutual affinity to be a "special and privileged strategic partnership". India and Russia together have aligned interest of creating multipolar world order each being one pole instead of bipolar world with the decline of the American-led unipolar world order.
Currently, India and the United States enjoy close relations and have deepened collaboration on issues such as counterterrorism and countering Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific. Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.
Japan and India signed a peace treaty and established diplomatic relations on 28th April, 1952. This treaty was one of the first peace treaties Japan signed after World War II. Ever since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have enjoyed cordial relations.
Who supported Iran during the Iran-Iraq War? During the Iran-Iraq War, Iran's only major allies were Syria and Libya.
Traditionally, Japanese oil security policy has been focused on two major countries in the Persian Gulf region: Iran and Saudi Arabia. Japan has maintained a relatively good relationship with Iran compared to Western countries, even after the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Iran has become increasingly reliant on China to survive existential crises, including diplomatic isolation, regional tensions and a rocky economy. In March 2023, China—Iran's largest trade partner—brokered an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic ties seven years after severing relations.
From an economic perspective, Iran is the second-largest supplier of crude oil to India, supplying more than 425,000 barrels per day; consequently, India is one of the largest foreign investors in Iran's oil and gas industry.
Major Indian exports to Iran include rice, tea, sugar, fresh fruits, drugs/pharmaceuticals, soft drinks, industrial machinery, boneless bovine meat etc.
National debt of India 2028
In 2021, the national debt of India amounted to around 2.43 trillion U.S. dollars. Projections show an upward trend, with a significant increase each year.