Indian govt sources confirmed on Saturday that Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had seized a Nhava Sheva-bound ship with 17 Indian nationals on board for its hyperlinks with Israel. They mentioned New Delhi was in contact with Iranian authorities via diplomatic channels, each within the Iranian capital, Tehran, and in New Delhi, to make sure the safety, welfare and early launch of the Indian nationals.
Commandos boarded the cargo ship, MSC Aries, by helicopter 80km off the coast of UAE.The growth comes in the course of escalating tensions between Iran and Israel over the killing of seven Iranian army commanders in an Israeli strike on Iran’s diplomatic premises in Damascus, Syria. Global powers are apprehensive in regards to the ripple impact of an Iranian strike on Israel within the Middle East area, and past.

The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli newspaper, cited the Wall Street Journal as reporting that US had repositioned two destroyers within the space.
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On Friday, US President Joe Biden cautioned Iran towards an assault on Israel. “We are devoted to defence of Israel. We will support, defend, and help defend Israel. And Iran will not succeed,” Biden advised reporters.
Sources in New Delhi mentioned the Nhava Sheva-bound, Portugal-flagged container vessel has 25 crew, 17 of them from India (together with one girl deck cadet). The vessel had loaded and sailed from Khalifa, UAE, on Friday and was certain for Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port). Iran’s state-run IRNA reported {that a} Revolutionary Guard helicopter had boarded and guided the MSC Aries into Iranian waters.
This week, US warned of an imminent and main Iranian retaliatory assault on Israeli soil. India had issued an advisory on Friday asking Indian nationals to not journey to Israel and Iran until additional discover, placing additionally on maintain the departure of hundreds of development staff to Israel beneath a bilateral settlement signed final 12 months.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari mentioned, “Iran will bear the consequences for choosing to escalate the situation any further.” In a short replace, the UK’s Maritime Trade Operations company talked about the seizing of the ship by “regional authorities” off the coast of Fujairah, UAE. It didn’t point out the involvement of Iranian forces.