Question : Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in a significant move on Sunday(9 August 2020) launched his _ in Hindi.
(a) twitter handle
(b) facebook account
(c) audio preach
(d) None of the above
Answer : (a)
Related facts
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in a significant move on Sunday(9 August 2020) launched his twitter handle in Hindi.
- Currently the Supreme Leader tweets in Farsi, Arabic, Urdu, French, Spanish, Russian and English.
- Last month twitter defended its decision not to block or restrict tweets by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office.
India–Iran relations
- India–Iran relations refers to the bilateral relations between the countries India and Iran.
- Independent India and Iran established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1950.
- During much of the Cold War period, relations between the Republic of India and the erstwhile Imperial State of Iran suffered due to their different political interests—non-aligned India fostered strong military links with the Soviet Union, while Iran enjoyed close ties with the United States.
- Following the 1979 revolution, relations between Iran and India strengthened momentarily. However, Iran’s continued support for Pakistan and India’s close relations with Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War impeded further development of Indo–Iranian ties.
- In the 1990s, India and Iran supported the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan against the Taliban regime.
- They continue to collaborate in supporting the broad-based anti-Taliban government led by Ashraf Ghani and backed by the United States.
- The two countries signed a defence cooperation agreement in December 2002.
- From the economic perspective, Iran is the second largest supplier of crude oil to India, supplying more than 425,000 barrels of oil per day, and consequently India is one of the largest foreign investors in Iran’s oil and gas industry.
By — Pankaj Pandey.