India's Afghanistan agenda is 90% in Iran's hand.
it is you who is overplaying India's hand. First of all, India's gateway to Afghanistan is through Iran. Iran doesnt hate or dislike India, so offcourse Iran wont act harshly unless forced to. India has some leverage though, as a big country AND buyer, but yes, all the RAW access to Afghanistan, Iran controls it. Iran's geography gives her decisive advantage. Every issue thats economic isnt settled in only economic terms(Even China is meddling in US-NK talks as retaliation for the tariff war). Do you think Iran will allow its oil exports to drop to 0 and still let there be peace in the strait of hormuz?Both wont happen together.Trump mostly bluffs, and CHina is the first to call the bluff.I've been worried that the "stubborn countries"would expose Trump as a fraud whose threats are more potent than anything else.