Why India will face political and trade hurdles as long as Iran’s Islamic regime remains in power

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Earlier in January, New Delhi’s foreign minister traveled to Tehran with a critical mission: finding a way to shield Indian exporters from attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis in the Red Sea. A day later, Tehran targeted an Islamist Sunni militant group, Jaish-al-Adl, inside Pakistan in a missile-drone attack. Pakistan retaliated by firing missiles into Iran. New Delhi may see the attack as an opportunity to improve ties with Tehran and open a second front against Pakistan. That would be a mistake.

Saeed Ghasseminejad is a senior advisor on Iran and financial economics at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). Follow Saeed on X @SGhasseminejad. Maryam Aslany is an academic at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and Yale University.