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Iran Allows Two Indian Gas Tankers Through Hormuz; Plane Leaves India with Sailors, Bodies
India facilitated urgent docking and repatriation of about 180 Iranian sailors from IRIS Lavan amid regional tensions and recent US attack on Iranian warship, officials said.
- On Friday, Iran allowed two Indian-flagged liquefied petroleum gas carriers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, with the LPG tanker Shivalik crossing under Indian Navy escort and Nanda Devi expected to follow.
- Following a request from Iran, India approved urgent docking on March 1, and the vessel arrived in Kochi three days later, after the sinking of IRIS Dena by a US submarine.
- Around 100 sailors from the IRIS Lavan flew out of Kochi airport by a chartered plane on Friday, which had earlier carried the 84 bodies of Iranian sailors from Sri Lanka.
- India is negotiating with Iran for safe passage amid an energy crisis, with recent ship transits presented as a diplomatic win ahead of elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.
- Local authorities in Kochi said the warship's presence drew large crowds to Mattancherry wharf, with Kochi city police arresting two television crew members and a boat driver for approaching the vessel on security grounds.
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Iranian sailors and crew members have been repatriated from southern India as tensions rise due to a U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The crisis has disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial energy supply route. Indian vessels have been allowed safe passage, easing concerns of an energy shortage.
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