India urges restraint as West Asia tensions escalate | World Information

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India urges restraint as West Asia tensions escalate | World Information

3 min learnJul 9, 2026 05:51 AM IST

A day after assaults on industrial delivery escalated into an alternate of fireside on Iranian and US army targets, India on Wednesday stated that it’s “deeply involved” over the current assaults and “escalation of tensions” in West Asia which underlines regional peace and safety.

Delhi’s assertion got here hours after US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday that the US was getting ready for one more evening of strikes, simply hours after he stated the ceasefire was over due to Iranian assaults.

This additionally got here at a time when Exterior Affairs minister S Jaishankar is visiting Kuwait, as a part of his go to to 4 West Asian nations together with Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain.

The Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated, in a press release on Wednesday, “India is deeply involved over the current assaults and escalation of tensions in West Asia, which have adopted contemporary focusing on of economic delivery transiting worldwide waterways within the area.”

“These developments danger undermining regional peace, safety and stability,” it stated.

It stated that India calls upon all events to “train restraint, de-escalate tensions, and guarantee safety of civilians in addition to the uninterrupted move of power provides and commerce”.

“We urge the events to return to dialogue and diplomacy to realize a peaceable and lasting answer to the battle,” MEA stated.

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After three tankers have been hit Tuesday, the US launched strikes on Iran, and Iranian forces retaliated by attacking American army websites within the Gulf.

Negotiations to achieve a remaining deal had been as a result of begin after the dayslong funeral for Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed Feb. 28 within the struggle’s first moments.

Iranian state media reported explosions in a number of areas, together with in Bandar Mahshahr, the place a Revolutionary Guard member was killed. It additionally reported assaults on Bushehr, residence to Iran’s nuclear energy plant advanced.

On Wednesday morning, each Bahrain, residence to the U.S. Navy’s fifth Fleet, and Kuwait, residence to U.S. Military forces, sounded missile alerts. The Revolutionary Guard issued a press release acknowledging focusing on US army installations in each nations.

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Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is visiting 4 Gulf nations, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman — which have been impacted by the struggle in West Asia since February 28. That is a part of his six-nation tour from July 5 to fifteen, during which he may even journey to the US and Belgium.

All these Gulf nations have hosted American army personnel and have bases and army amenities for many years and have been attacked by Iran, as a retaliatory response towards the US and Israeli army offensive that started in February.

Shubhajit Roy

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Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Specific, has been a journalist for greater than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Specific in October 2003 and has been reporting on international affairs for greater than 17 years now. Primarily based in Delhi, he has additionally led the Nationwide authorities and political bureau at The Indian Specific in Delhi — a workforce of reporters who cowl the nationwide authorities and politics for the newspaper. He has bought the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He bought this award for his protection of the Holey Bakery assault in Dhaka and its aftermath. He additionally bought the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the 12 months, 2022, (Jury’s particular point out) for his protection of the autumn of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of many few Indian journalists in Kabul and the one mainstream newspaper to have coated the Taliban’s seize of energy in mid-August, 2021. … Learn Extra

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