Tens of small and medium-sized vessels dock at a scenic coastline of Chabahar, a busy port city edging the Persian Gulf, southern Iran, December 14, 2017. 

Lying on the coast of the Gulf of Oman in Sistan-Baluchestan province, Chabahar is the country’s only oceanic port and given its strategic location in the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) development of the port is of high significance for Iran.

(PHOTO: IRNA / Akbar Tavakkoli)