Zarif had recently visited India in January when tensions had escalated between Tehran and Washington after the killing of Iranian Commander Qassem Soulemani
In a tweet on Monday, Zarif said Iran condemned the "wave of organised violence against Indian Muslims" and urged Indian authorities to "not let senseless thuggery" prevail
Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite al-Quds force, was killed when a US drone fired missiles on his convoy in Iraq on January 3
The looming threat of all-out war has sent global crude oil prices soaring beyond $70 per barrel, a four-month high
Former ambassador to Iran, KC Singh told Business Standard the time for recalibration was past
The meeting was chaired by India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif
The meeting was keenly awaited as it comes amid escalating face-off between Iran and the US on Tehran's nuclear programme
FM Sitharaman explained that India's relation with Iran was a strategic one
Jaishankar was responding to a question that Iranians were disappointed with India's decision not to buy oil from them to avoid American sanctions regime
Till now, four rounds of negotiations have been completed and the last one was held in March in Tehran where both countries discussed a draft text of the pact
India has brought down the import of oil from Iran, with which it has historic and cultural ties, to almost zero
Iran said it had seized the Stena Impero because it had collided with a fishing boat
A bank guarantee in euros is impossible for India to offer since it will have to be made through a foreign bank
The move has been triggered by Delhi's wariness of Beijing's growing focus on capturing export markets in Iran
India is trying to develop Chabahar as a way to gain access to the markets of central Asia as well as Afghanistan
Under previous Western sanctions, India had devised a barter-like scheme acceptable to Washington
MRPL and IOC, which last month paid $ 750 million to Iran, paid another $ 330 million this month through EIH bank
India has recently committed $400 million in steel to construction of the railway connecting Chabahar and Zahedan
The 'milestone' pact on the strategic Chabahar Port in southern Iran, will give India access to Afghanistan and Europe bypassing Pakistan
Also an agreement to provide $150 million credit line was signed by Exim Bank of India