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The Indian Embassy successful Tehran connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) urged Iranian authorities to assistance consular entree to 16 Indian seafarers who were detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) connected December 8, 2025.
The substance is expected to beryllium taxable to judicial process successful Iran, the Embassy said successful a connection posted connected X. The 16 radical detained were unit members connected vas ‘MT Valiant Roar’.
"Around mid-December 2025, Mission was informed astir the detention of the vas MT Valiant Roar by Iranian authorities, with 16 Indian unit members connected board. The Consulate of India successful Bandar Abbas instantly (on 14 December) wrote to the Government of Iran seeking Consular Access to the crew," the connection read.
Regarding detention of a Merchant Vessel (MT VALIANT ROAR) with Indian Crew members, by Iranian Authorities.@MEAIndia@IndianDiplomacypic.twitter.com/9h1YV1rGd6
— India successful Iran (@India_in_Iran) January 17, 2026Access has not been granted contempt repeated requests since December 14, 2025, the Mission said, adding that the Embassy Consulate successful Dubai is besides pressing the UAE-based institution which owns the vessel for further ineligible support. It reached retired to the institution archetypal connected December 15, 2025, it said.
"The petition for consular entree has been repeated galore times since then, some by diplomatic correspondence and in-person meetings successful Bandar Abbas and Tehran, including astatine the level of the Ambassador. The Iranian authorities were besides requested to let the unit to pass with their families successful India," the connection further said.
The Indian Embassy besides said that it is moving to guarantee the crew's payment via proviso of food, water, and substance supplies. “The Consulate has subsequently been successful interaction with the Iran-based agents of the company, to property upon the institution to guarantee proviso of food, h2o and substance for the ship, and besides to put ineligible practice for the unit successful Iranian courts,” it said.
“Upon being informed by the vessel of depleting nutrient and h2o stocks, the Mission intervened with the Iranian navy to put exigency supplies of nutrient and h2o successful aboriginal January. The Indian Consulate successful Dubai has besides been pressing upon the ship-owning institution to guarantee ineligible practice and regular supplies of provisions to the ship," the connection added.
The latest connection from the Indian Embassy comes aft the household members of the 16 seafarers appealed successful the Delhi High Court, urging to nonstop the authorities “to instrumentality steps to supply consular entree to the detained persons and to unafraid timely completion of probe and their repatriation to India”.
The Delhi High Court connected Thursday (January 16, 2026) issued announcement to the Union authorities The substance has been posted for proceeding connected January 21, according to Gurinder Pal Singh, the counsel for the seafarers.
Parents of 1 of the Indian seafarer, Ketan Mehta, person besides appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unafraid their son’s release.
At the clip of detention connected December 8, 2026, the unit members were connected a vessel in planetary waters disconnected the Dibba larboard adjacent Dubai.
The vessel ‘MT Valiant Roar’ is owned by Glory International FZ LLC /Prime Tankers LLC, Dubai, besides referred to arsenic Global Tankers successful India. The petitioners person said that the vessel was carrying Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO) but Iran has accused the seafarers of smuggling diesel.
