As Israel, Iran fire missiles, Jaishankar talks to Gideon Sa’ar and Abbas Araghchi

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holds a treatment with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot (Unseen), successful Marseille connected Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI

In the backdrop of intensification of Israel-Iran conflict connected Friday (June 13, 2025), External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a circular of conversations with his Iranian and Israeli counterparts – Dr. Abbas Araghchi and Gideon Sa’ar. Israel and Iran are some strategical partners of India and the Foreign Ministers of some the conflicting sides person been successful adjacent interaction with Indian officials implicit the caller past.

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The Minister-level telephone speech was held soon aft Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a telephone telephone from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. PM Modi had called for “early restoration of peace” and urged for stableness successful the Gulf portion that is captious for India’s system and information architecture. In the telephone telephone with Mr. Araghchi, Mr. Jaishankar expressed “deep interest of the planetary assemblage astatine the crook of events.” “He urged avoidance of immoderate escalatory steps and an aboriginal instrumentality to diplomacy,” said the Indian Embassy successful Tehran successful the statement.

In response, the Iranian Foreign Minister “shared Iran’s position connected the situation”, said the Embassy of India. The speech came hours aft Israel deed targets, including atomic vigor probe centres, wrong Iran. Soon thereafter Iran unleashed 3 waves of missiles and drones arsenic portion of what it described arsenic ‘Operation True Promise’.

Mr. Araghchi had visited India connected 7-8 May to co-chair the 20^th India-Iran Joint Commission Meeting. It was his archetypal sojourn to New Delhi since assuming the bureau arsenic Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran successful August 2024. Israel hosts astir 30,000 Indian nationals successful assorted industries and world institutions and Iran is simply a determination powerfulness successful the Gulf portion which hosts astir 10 cardinal Indian expat workers.

That apart, the portion is important for India’s vigor information and aviation links with the west. The Hindu reported earlier connected Friday that arsenic galore arsenic 16 long-haul and ultra long-haul Air India flights were diverted connected Friday arsenic Iran closed its airspace aft Israel launched the attacks that Prime Minister Netanyahu had termed arsenic “Operation Rising Lion”. Israel has unopen the Ben Gurion airdrome successful superior Tel Aviv arsenic Iranian missiles deed aggregate targets successful Israel during Friday night.

Published - June 14, 2025 08:49 americium IST