Iran's Chabahar free zone awaits end of sanctions Hundreds of containers lie idle in the scorching sun that pounds Iran's southeastern port of Chabahar, a free trade zone first set up in 1994 and crippled by decades of international sanctions. But against the backdrop of nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, authorities hope foreign investors will come around to doing business in Chabahar, Iran's only gateway to the Indian Ocean. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.