India and Iran share long-standing civilisational ties. Iran is situated in India's extended neighbourhood and the two countries have a significant overlap in their economic and security space. The visit will provide thrust to expand bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Iran on May 22-23 as India looks at stepping up engagement with the sanctions-free energy-rich nation.India is looking at doubling oil imports from the Persian Gulf nation, which a few years back was its second-biggest oil supplier. India is also looking at getting rights to develop a giant gas field.A deal on developing the Chabahar port is also on the cards "At the invitation of the President of the Islamic Republic of, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, Prime Minister Narendrawill pay an official visit toon May 22-23, 2016," the Ministry of External Affairs said announcing the visit.During the visit,will call on the Supreme Leader ofand will hold talks on a wide range of subjects of mutual interest with Rouhani.Post-sanctionshas seen a flurry of business activity with leaders from China to Russia courting Tehran.In the run-up to's visit, minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Oil Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan and External Affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, had visited Tehran.India andshare long-standing civilisational ties.is situated in India's extended neighbourhood and the two countries have a significant overlap in their economic and security space."The visit of the Prime Minister towill seek to build on these commonalities by focussing on specific cooperation in regional connectivity and infrastructure, developing energy partnership, boosting bilateral trade, facilitating people-to-people interaction in various spheres and promoting peace and stability in the region," the MEA statement said.The visit, it said, will provide thrust to expand bilateral cooperation and "mutually benefit from new opportunities in the wake of lifting of secondary sanctions againstearlier this year."