India’s Foreign Policy India – Iran ▪ India and Iran recently signed a 10-year contract for the operation of the Shahid Beheshti Port Terminal at the strategically important Chabahar port in Iran. ▪ This move will boost regional connectivity as well as trade ties. Note ▪ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of the Chabahar port was signed in May 2015. About Iran ✓ Capital – Tehran ✓ President - Ebrahim Raisi ✓ Currency – Iranian Rial General Awareness and Public Administration NHRC – India accreditation deferred ▪ The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) deferred the accreditation of the National Human Rights Commission-India (NHRC) for the second year in a row. ▪ This is the first time India’s status has been suspended for two years in a row, in 2023 and in 2024. About NHRC ▪ A statutory body established under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. ▪ Chairperson – Arun Kumar Mishra Note ▪ GANHRI is an organisation affiliated to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
