Iran says it can be alternative to Suez after ship stuck
Tehran is now talking about a 7,200-km. multimode route with India and Russia. Iran wants to use the port of Chabahar as a link to India.
A view shows the stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it ran aground, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 27, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN