Friday: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Tehran on May 21 to increase country’s relation with Iran to the next level.In his meeting scheduled ,the one with the Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The Modi-Khamenei meeting will be carefully observed, expressly by Israel, Pakistan and the United States. Khamenei is Iran’s most powerful leader who controls all policy matters.

Diplomats working overdue the scenes to make the call a achievement say Iran was the “missing link” in the Prime Minister’s plans for India in the Middle-East.

“Modi has taken the plunge where the UPA was reluctant to move in,” one of the diplomats said.

Petroleum Minister and External Affairs Minister ,both have previously visited Iran to do then groundwork for energy and political talks. PMO has proposes to visit the port of Chabahar where India has capitalized, an sign of its long-term interests in Iran and the region.

Former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal said, “It goes without saying that Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with Khamenei will be really interesting. Khamenei does not meet many visiting leaders. He is the man who takes the real decisions. If the Prime Minister meets him, it means Iran wants to engage with India politically as well.”

Dharmendra Pradhan,the Petroleum Minister  told reporters that,“After my and the Foreign Minister’s visits in quick succession, if the Prime Minister is visiting Iran, it signifies something. In the post-sanction era, when a new economy is taking shape in Iran, we want to be Iran’s strategic partner. We are surely interested in oil, gas, fertilisers. But more than that, we want to strengthen our old relations.”

He further added, “When Iran was under sanctions, even then we maintained our relations. We were purchasing their oil in their difficult times. We have civilisational ties. As you know, Hindi has many Farsi words like khushi, gum,”