May 9, 2012. India may be wilting under US pressure after all, despite the sound bytes to the contrary by the govt. India's crude oil imports from Iran declined by about 34 percent in April compared with March, deeper than expected and the first evidence of New Delhi implementing cuts in supplies from the sanctions-hit nation under annual deals that began last month. State-run buyers are at the forefront of reductions, leaving privately- owned Essar the biggest Indian client of Iran, tanker discharge data showed, just as the U.S. praised steps taken by India's refiners to back Washington's pressure on Tehran.