INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Port in Iran operational by 2019, the government said in a statement on Friday, despite a threat of renewed US sanctions against Tehran.The
Indian-backed Chabahar port complex in Iran is being developed as part of a new transportation corridor for land-locked Afghanistan that
could potentially open the way for millions of dollars in trade and cut its dependence on Pakistan, its sometimes-hostile neighbour.The port
would offer easy accessibility to CIS countries, Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said in the statement.US President Donald
