;caused Chabahar to gain in logistical
and strategic importance. War brought insecurity to the Strait of Hormuz and ships were unable to enter the
Persian Gulf. Accordingly Chabahar became a major port during the war. In the
1980s the Iranian government developed a new scheme named the Eastern Axis Development Scheme, which
aimed to use Chabahar's geographical position as a regional development tool to
stimulate economic growth in the eastern provinces. The establishment of the Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone in 1992 resulting from the EAD Scheme
brought development and encouraged immigration from other parts of the country
to Chabahar
