Foreign Minister Vikram Misri expressed deep concern to the Iranian ambassador over Saturday’s shooting of two Indian-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz | Photo credit: ANI
Foreign Minister Vikram Misri met Iran’s ambassador to India Mohammad Fathali on Saturday (18 April 2026) and expressed India’s “deep concern” after Iranian maritime guards prevented two energy-carrying vessels bound for India from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
This is the first time that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval forces have intercepted energy carriers bound for India during the ongoing 14-day ceasefire in the US-Iran conflict, which came into effect on April 8. A day earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that the Strait of Hormuz remains the ceasefire period.
Published – 18 Apr 2026 23:40 IST
