True Sudip. I'll add to this madness. The reason we are close to Iran is that some parties (read CPM, Lalu, Mullah Mulayam etc) believe that if we snub Iran we will antagonize the Indian Muslims and thus they will lose their vote bank. Super madness: The country will get surplus electricity,large parts of our country facing power cuts for half the day will be bright again, children will be able to study at night etc.But does this matter to the population that is supposed to benifit thus from this deal, or what matters is some far away state whose ruler threatens to blow up other countries on every opportunity. The answer is ambigous at best.