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India indispensable inquire the United States wherefore it is targeting Iranian ships successful the Indian Ocean, said Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh connected Friday (March 6, 2026). He said Iran is simply a “responsible power” and has not closed the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr. Khatibzadeh, who spoke astatine the External Affairs Ministry’s marquee lawsuit ‘Raisina Dialogue’, said diplomacy volition beryllium the “only option” that volition resoluteness the war. “Iran is not stopping Indian ships successful the Strait , but India indispensable inquire the U.S. wherefore it is targeting Iranian ships successful the Indian Ocean. They are the threat, they should beryllium asked,” helium said successful effect to a question from The Hindu connected the drowning of IRIS DENA by a U.S. submarine adjacent the Sri Lankan coast connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026) .
Mr. Khatibzadeh, who is the archetypal Iranian dignitary to sojourn India since the opening of the U.S.-Israel warfare connected Iran, said the onslaught connected his state is “based connected a prevarication that Iran posed a threat”. He said that the warfare is based connected a “delusion of establishing Greater Israel” successful West Asia.
The Iranian Minister had a little gathering with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his lawman Kirti Vardhan Singh connected the sidelines of the event. Mr. Jaishankar aboriginal shared a photograph of this gathering connected his societal media accounts.
Mr. Khatibzadeh described Iran arsenic an “anchor of stableness successful the Strait of Hormuz” and said, “We person not closed the Strait of Hormuz. We are a liable power.” He did not regularisation retired dialog to resoluteness the hostility adding, “Diplomacy down the roadworthy is the lone option.”
Hours aft Mr. Khatibzadeh’s gathering with the External Affairs Minister, Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a connection summing up Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi’s telephone speech with Mr. Jaishankar connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) and his Friday (March 6, 2026) telephone telephone with his Sri Lankan counterpart Vijitha Herath, who excessively is successful Delhi for the Raisina Dialogue.
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The connection mentioned that Mr. Araghchi conveyed “appreciation for Sri Lanka’s efforts successful the rescue cognition for the sailors of the frigate Dena”. He called upon “all governments and the United Nations to firmly condemn the transgression actions of the United States and the Israeli regime.”
Mr. Jaishankar met with Mr. Herath connected the sidelines of the event.
Iranian vessel docked astatine Kochi
Days earlier the sinking of IRIS DENA by the U.S. submarine, Iran had approached India to fto an Iranian vessel dock successful Kochi, sources successful the authorities said.
Iran had requested to “take successful the Iranian vessel IRIS LAVAN which was successful India’s territorial waters for the International Fleet Review successful Vishakhapatnam”, the root said.
IRIS LAVAN has been docked astatine Kochi since March 4 arsenic the vas had developed method issues. “Its unit of 183 are presently accommodated astatine naval facilities successful Kochi,” the root said.
Condolence messages
On Friday (March 6, 2026), wide nationalist and governmental leaders thronged the Iranian embassy and signed condolence books that person been opened for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was assassinated successful the opening salvo of the U.S.-Israel war. Congress person and erstwhile External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid was among those who visited the embassy to motion the condolence books.
