{"id":11915,"date":"2016-05-27T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=11915"},"modified":"2016-05-27T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T09:00:42","slug":"visit-prime-minister-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/visit-prime-minister-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit of Prime Minister to Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on an official visit to Iran on May 22-23, 2016. The president of Iran is-<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Ashraf Ghani<br \/>\n(b) Hosni Mubarak<br \/>\n(c) Dr. Hassan Rouhani<br \/>\n(d) Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:(c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>On May 22-23, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was on an official visit to Iran at the invitation of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Hassan Rouhani.<\/li>\n<li>It may be noted that Modi\u2019s visit to Iran is the first official visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 15 years.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier Ex- Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, paid an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran from April, 10-13, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>India-Iran relations span centuries marked by meaningful interactions.<\/li>\n<li>Independent India and Iran established diplomatic links on 15 March 1950.<\/li>\n<li>India\u2019s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was first to visit Iran in September 1959.<\/li>\n<li>On 23 May 2016 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi met the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Hassan Rouhani.<\/li>\n<li>Indian Prime Minister and Iranian President lead the delegation level talks in Tehran.<\/li>\n<li>The two nations also released a Joint Statement titled Civilisational Connect, Contemporary Context.<\/li>\n<li>The MoUs and agreements were inked after delegation level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.<\/li>\n<li>12 memorandum of understandings (MoUs) and agreements in various areas including building and operating the Chabahar port by India.<br \/>\n<strong>The agreements\/MOUs are:<\/strong><br \/>\n1.India-Iran Cultural Exchange Programme.<br \/>\n2.MoU between the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Iran on Policy Dialogue between Governments and Interaction between Think Tanks.<br \/>\n3.MoU between Foreign Service Institute, MEA and the School of International Relations, Iran\u2019s MoFA.<br \/>\n4.Implementation Protocol between Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of S&amp;T and Iran\u2019s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology.<br \/>\n5.MoU between Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Islamic Culture and Relations Organizations of the Iran.<br \/>\n6.Bilateral contract on Chabahar Port for port development and operations between IPGPL [India Ports Global Private Limited] and Arya Banader of Iran.<br \/>\n7.MoU between EXIM Bank and Iran\u2019s Ports and Maritime Organization [PMO] on current specific terms for the Chabahar Port project.<br \/>\n8.Confirmation Statement between EXIM Bank and Central Bank of Iran.<br \/>\n9.MoU between ECGC [Export Credit Guarantee Corporation] Limited of India and the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI).<br \/>\n10.MoU between National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) and the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO).<br \/>\n11.MoU between IRCON and Construction, Development of Transport and Infrastructure Company (CDTIC) of Iran.<br \/>\n12.MoU for cooperation between the National Archives of India and the National Library and Archives Organisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.<\/li>\n<li>During his visit PM visited Bhai Ganga Singh Gurudwara in Tehran.<\/li>\n<li>He also addressed the Conference on \u201cIndia and Iran, Two Great Civilizations: Retrospect and Prospects\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>He also met the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to whom he gifted the reproduction of the seventh-century manuscript of the Holy Quran attributed to Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph.<\/li>\n<li>It was written in Kufic script, this manuscript is a prized possession of the Ministry of Culture&#8217;s Rampur Raza Library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pmindia.gov.in\/en\/news_updates\/media-statement-by-prime-minister-during-his-visit-to-iran\/?comment=disable\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pmindia.gov.in\/en\/news_updates\/media-statement-by-prime-minister-during-his-visit-to-iran\/?comment=disable<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pmindia.gov.in\/en\/news_updates\/remarks-by-pm-at-chabahar-connectivity-event\/?comment=disable\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pmindia.gov.in\/en\/news_updates\/remarks-by-pm-at-chabahar-connectivity-event\/?comment=disable<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pmindia.gov.in\/en\/news_updates\/pms-speech-on-the-occasion-of-inauguration-of-conference-on-india-and-iran-two-great-civilizations-retrospect-and-prospects-and-release-of-rare-persian-manuscript\/?comment=disable\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pmindia.gov.in\/en\/news_updates\/pms-speech-on-the-occasion-of-inauguration-of-conference-on-india-and-iran-two-great-civilizations-retrospect-and-prospects-and-release-of-rare-persian-manuscript\/?comment=disable<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pmindia.gov.in\/en\/news_updates\/pms-gift-to-the-honble-supreme-leader-of-iran-and-to-president-rouhani\/?comment=disable\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pmindia.gov.in\/en\/news_updates\/pms-gift-to-the-honble-supreme-leader-of-iran-and-to-president-rouhani\/?comment=disable<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26841\/List+of+AgreementsMOUs+signed+during+the+visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+Iran+May+23+2016\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26841\/List+of+AgreementsMOUs+signed+during+the+visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+Iran+May+23+2016<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26825\/Official+Visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+Iran+May+2223+2016\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/outoging-visit-detail.htm?26825\/Official+Visit+of+Prime+Minister+to+Iran+May+2223+2016<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/Portal\/ForeignRelation\/Iran_11_01_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/Portal\/ForeignRelation\/Iran_11_01_2016.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on an official visit to Iran on May 22-23, 2016. The president of Iran is- (a) Ashraf Ghani (b) Hosni Mubarak (c) Dr. Hassan Rouhani (d) Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Ans:(c) Related facts: On May 22-23, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was on an official visit to Iran at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-11915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}