India is engaging with United States for second Iran oil waiver: MEA 

India has said that it is engaging with the US regarding the waiver it got to purchase oil from Iran after the American sanctions came into effect last year. India got 6 months wavier on importing Iranian oil and this will come to end on May 4.

The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, "We are engaging with the US...we have continued to engage with the US administration. The wavier lapses on the 4th of May, let us wait and see what happens. But, the important thing is we will continue our engagement with the US to see if we are taking care of our energy security"

The US State Department in October 2018 announced a wavier for select countries, including India, to buy oil from Iran ahead of the US sanctions that came into effect from November 4, 2018.

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India imports a large quality of oil from the West Asian country and Tehran plays an important role in India's connectivity to Afghanistan via the Chabahar port.

The US is keen that countries reduce there oil imports from Iran. At his United Nations General Assembly speech, US President Donald Trump said, "we’re working with countries that import Iranian crude oil to cut their purchases substantially".