Every time a senior Indian delegation visits Iran, or vice versa, the US warns India that its cozying up to Iran “raises obstacles” to building a closer strategic partnership. Yet, by voting against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s governing board meetings in 2005 and 2006, India invited Iranian reprisal in the form of cancellation of a highly favorable 25-year, $22 billion liquefied-natural-gas deal.
每当有印度和伊朗有高级代表团互访，美国就会警告印度说这种对伊缓和行为会为美印结成更紧密战略伙伴关系“制造障碍”。但在2005年和2006年连续两次在国际原子能机构理事会会议上对伊朗投了反对票后印度遭到了对方的报复，一份利益极大，为期25年价值220亿美元的液化天然气交易就此取消。