India expects to start full-scale operations at Iran's Chabahar port by May-end US sanctions on Iran slowed down the port's development and Indian officials are now counting on a thaw in relations between Washington and Tehran Reuters | March 6, 2021 | Updated 08:23 IST India expects to start full-scale operations at Iran's Chabahar general cargo port it has built by the end of May, said Union ports and shipping minister Mansukh Mandaviya, in a boost for regional trade. The country has been developing a part of the port on Iran's south-eastern coast along the Gulf of Oman as a way to transport goods to Iran, but also Afghanistan and central Asian countries, and avoiding rival Pakistan.