Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks throughout a session on the third day of ‘Raisina Dialogue 2026’, in New Delhi on March 7, 2026. Videograb: YouTube/@ORFDelhi through PTI
India allowed an Iranian warship to dock as a ‘humanitarian gesture’, Minister of Exterior Affairs S. Jaishankar stated on Saturday (March 7, 2026), after the U.S. sank one other Iranian Navy vessel off neighbouring Sri Lanka.
Israel-Iran warfare, highlights on March 7, 2026
In his first remarks on the U.S. sinking one other Iranian Navy vessel within the Indian Ocean, Mr. Jaishankar stated that India allowed it to dock in Kochi because it approached it “from a degree of humanity”.
On Wednesday (March 4, 2026), a U.S. submarine torpedoed the Iranian warship IRIS Dena, which sank off the coast of Sri Lanka, killing 83 individuals. This introduced the West Asian battle nearer to India. The Indian authorities confronted scathing criticism for its “silence” over the assault.
One other Iranian warship, IRIS Lavan, docked at Kochi on Wednesday (March 4, 2026), after an pressing request from Tehran, Indian authorities sources stated. Each fleets had been leaving from an Worldwide Fleet Assessment in Visakhapatnam.
“When the [Iranian] ships had set out, and once they got here right here, the scenario was completely completely different,” Mr. Jaishankar stated on the annual Raisina Dialogue occasion. IRIS Lavan and two different ships “had been coming in for a fleet assessment after which they acquired, in a manner, caught on the incorrect aspect of the occasions,” he stated.
“I feel we actually approached it from the purpose of view of humanity, of aside from no matter the authorized points had been,” he stated. “I feel we did the best factor.”
Flagging social media debates over the incident, the Minister referred to as for individuals to “perceive the truth of the Indian Ocean”.
In keeping with the Indian Navy, search and rescue operations had been launched after a misery name from IRIS Dena was obtained by Colombo early on Wednesday (March 4, 2026). The ship, on the time of sinking, was working about 20 nautical miles west of Galle within the SAR area below Sri Lankan accountability.
U.S. President Donald Trump had stated that destroying the Iranian Navy is one purpose of the warfare he and Israel launched in opposition to the Islamic Republic every week in the past.
Revealed – March 07, 2026 03:31 pm IST