{"id":48272,"date":"2026-04-18T18:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48272"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:04:28","slug":"india-summons-iran-envoy-after-attack-on-oil-tanker-in-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48272","title":{"rendered":"India summons Iran envoy after attack on oil tanker in Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"
India on Saturday summoned Iran\u2019s ambassador in New Delhi for a meeting with the foreign secretary following a shooting incident earlier in the day involving two Indian-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the Iranian envoy was called in for discussions with the foreign secretary in the evening.<\/p>\n

Our statement regarding Iran \u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n

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\n\u2014 Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) April 18, 2026<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the meeting, foreign secretary conveyed India’s deep concern at the shooting incident earlier today involving two Indian-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The statement underscored the importance India attached\u00a0to the safety of merchant shipping and mariners, and recalled that Iran had previously facilitated the safe passage of several vessels bound for India.<\/p>\n

Reiterating concern over what it described as a serious incident of firing on merchant ships, the foreign secretary urged the ambassador to convey India\u2019s views to Iranian authorities and to resume, at the earliest, the process of facilitating India-bound vessels through the strait.<\/p>\n

The Iranian ambassador, the statement added, undertook to convey these views to the authorities in Tehran.<\/p>\n

Earlier, an Indian government source confirmed that an Indian-flagged vessel carrying crude oil was attacked on Saturday while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

The vessel was\u00a0\u2060identified as the Sanmar Herald, the source said, adding that the crew on board and the vessel were safe.<\/p>\n

At least two merchant vessels said they were hit by gunfire \u2060as they \u2060attempted to cross \u2060the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, Reuters had reported earlier today.<\/p>\n

Read: Iran reimposes control over Strait of Hormuz as ships report gunfire<\/p>\n

According to tanker monitoring service data, two Indian ships were \u201cforced back west out of the Strait of Hormuz\u201d by the navy of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n

The report was based on two Channel 16 (VHF 156.8 MHz) recordings \u2014 the international maritime distress and calling channel \u2014 TankerTrackers said on\u00a0X.<\/p>\n

“Firing was involved. One of the vessels is an Indian-flagged VLCC supertanker carrying two\u00a0million barrels of Iraqi oil,” it added.<\/p>\n

According to two Channel 16 audio recordings captured today, two Indian vessels were forced back west out of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran’s Sepah (IRGC) Navy. Firing was involved. One of the vessels is an Indian-flagged VLCC supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of Iraqi oil.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/c1uOvmKDNO
\n\u2014 TankerTrackers.com, Inc. (@TankerTrackers) April 18, 2026<\/p>\n

The report followed an IRGC joint command statement earlier in the day claiming that the Strait of Hormuz had returned to its \u201cprevious state\u201d under the control of Iran\u2019s armed forces, citing the ongoing US blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared the strait \u201ccompletely open\u201d for all commercial vessels.<\/p>\n

United States President Donald Trump had \u2060also said\u00a0that Iran had agreed to open the \u2060strait, while Iranian officials said they wanted the US to fully lift its blockade of Iranian tankers.<\/p>\n

More than a dozen tankers, including three sanctioned vessels, passed through the Strait of Hormuz after the\u00a050-day blockade was lifted, shipping data showed, before Iran reimposed restrictions\u00a0and fired at some vessels.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India on Saturday summoned Iran\u2019s ambassador in New Delhi for a meeting with the foreign secretary following a shooting incident earlier in the day involving two Indian-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. According to the statement, the Iranian envoy was called in for discussions with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}