BANDAR ABBAS, Iran (AP) — In the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz, a waterfront once busy with boats, trucks and workers has fallen quiet. It’s a front line of the economic pain that the United States now hopes to intensify after six months of war.

Drawing inspiration from international port-cities such as Rotterdam, Dubai, and Antwerp, the Gujarat government is revisiting a decade-old idea of building India’s first greenfield port-city spread over 500 sq km. It targets completion by 2047 with a ...