♤ Thus, connectivity, commerce, culture, and energy are key pillars of India Iran relation in the current context.

4.2. Recent Momentum

♤ The trend was enhanced at the turn of the millennium with the visit of Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Tehran in April 2001 wherein the two countries signed the “Tehran Declaration” which set forth the areas of possible cooperation between the two countries.