An Indian source said on Thursday Iran will allow its vessels to transit the Strait, through which 40% of India’s crude imports pass, though an Iranian source based outside the country denied any such agreement had been reached.
India’s foreign minister, S. Jaishankar, had a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi earlier this week and discussed the security of maritime traffic. “India deplores the fact that commercial shipping is being made a target of military attacks,” the foreign ministry has said.