Strait of Hormuz ‘deadline’ looms, Jaishankar talks to Iran counterpart Araghchi | India Information

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Strait of Hormuz ‘deadline’ looms, Jaishankar talks to Iran counterpart Araghchi | India Information

3 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Apr 6, 2026 02:44 AM IST

Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to the international ministers of Iran, Qatar and UAE on Sunday as US President Donald Trump threatened to renew assaults on Iran’s vitality infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened by Tuesday.

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Iran’s Overseas Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi referred to as up Jaishankar and so they mentioned the “current scenario”.

“Obtained a name from Overseas Minister @araghchi of Iran. Mentioned the current scenario,” Jaishankar posted on X, after the decision.

Based on the Iranian embassy, “Seyed Abbas @araghchi, Overseas Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, held a telephone dialog with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar, India’s Minister of Exterior Affairs, discussing bilateral relations in addition to regional and worldwide developments.”

This was their sixth telephone dialog for the reason that battle began on February 28.

After his telephone dialog with UAE Overseas Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Jaishankar mentioned, “Mentioned the evolving scenario in West Asia with DPM & FM @ABZayed of UAE.”

UAE has been going through assaults from Iran — greater than 2,500 within the type of missile and drone strikes within the final 5 weeks of the US-Israel battle on the Islamic Republic.

Jaishankar additionally spoke to Qatar’s Overseas Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. He posted: “Had a telecon on the continued battle with PM & FM @MBA_AlThani_ of Qatar this night”. Qatar too had confronted Iranian assaults because of the presence of the American navy within the nation.

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Jaishankar has spoken to the international ministers of each UAE and Qatar not less than twice up to now one month.

Delhi is partaking with the stakeholders as President Trump on Sunday escalated his threats to bomb Iranian energy crops throughout the subsequent two days.

India has been coping with the implications of the closure of the Strait and solely a handful of ships have handed by means of within the final month. This has led to disruptions within the provides of fuel and vitality.

Jaishankar’s engagement on Sunday is a part of Delhi’s efforts to mitigate the impression of the battle in West Asia and stabilise the scenario.

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 crew of reporters who cowl the nationwide authorities and politics for the newspaper. He has received the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He received this award for his protection of the Holey Bakery assault in Dhaka and its aftermath. He additionally received the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Yr, 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 lined the Taliban’s seize of energy in mid-August, 2021. … Learn Extra

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