Indian engagement with any nations need not be seen as a consequence of or as a response to its relationship with any other nation. Isn't this the basic premise of non-alignment?
Iran is not some 'aire-gair' arbitrary state, it is a major 'civilisational nation' in the world with a prominent place in the human history. Its interaction with Greek and Indian history is significant. The impact Iranian culture has had on Indian langauges, arts and architecture are considerable.
By deepening the ties and elevating the charachter of relationship we need to strive to insulate it from counter-productive intelli-games and geo-political games of many evil minded players; and capitalise it for development and flowering of arts and sciences.
India surely has the latent and presumptive power to straighten out those dirty harries and assert its non-alignment.
