On November 12, 2025, the US Treasury Department sanctioned 32 entities and individuals linked to Iran's ballistic missile programme, including an India-based company, Farmlane Private Limited. The company was alleged to be supplying propellant material using a UAE front, which contributed directly to the development of Iranian missiles. This turn shreds the well-kept history of India's non-proliferation record, which is immaculate.

This is not the first time Indian firms have been implicated in proliferation activities. Washington has previously imposed sanctions on Indian companies on the transfer of dual-use materials and technologies. The latest inclusion of an Indian entity under Executive Order 13382, which was aimed at countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction, shows that proliferation risks lie not on Pakistan's soil, but within India's own commercial and technological ecosystem.

The irony could not be starker. As New Delhi........

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