After independence, India has always been among the important actors in Iran\\\'s foreign policy. This position of India is due to the different roles that Iran has defined for it: First, India was of interest to Iran as a non-aligned third world actor; Then, as one of the important players in South Asia and the international system, the state was noticed by Iran\\\'s foreign policy makers; Finally, from Iran\\\'s point of view, New Delhi has been one of the axes of the East and the new multilateral international order. What is in focus here is the recent role of India. Iran\\\'s foreign policy was initially based on rejecting any alliance with the great powers, but in recent decades, this traditional approach has been somewhat revised by looking to the East. The main question of this article is why, despite Iran\\\'s emphasis on looking to the East and India\\\'s pivotal position in the international multilateral order, the relations between the two have not developed as they should? It seems that there is a significant gap between India\\\'s multilateral behavior and Iran\\\'s perception of it. India\\\'s multilateralism is defined in interaction with the existing international order, and especially with the western developed countries, but Iran\\\'s perception of the East is a confrontational and relatively cold war approach. This has caused that despite the existing potentials, we do not see deep cooperation between India and Iran.

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