{"id":26705,"date":"2024-04-15T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/iran-to-allow-indian-authorities-to-meet-17-crew-members-of-seized-cargo-vessel\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T06:00:42","slug":"iran-to-allow-indian-authorities-to-meet-17-crew-members-of-seized-cargo-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/iran-to-allow-indian-authorities-to-meet-17-crew-members-of-seized-cargo-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran to allow Indian authorities to meet 17 crew members of seized cargo vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-109303731,imgsize-35976.cms?resize=600,450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Iran to allow Indian authorities to meet 17 crew members of seized cargo vessel\" title=\"Iran to allow Indian authorities to meet 17 crew members of seized cargo vessel\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"17\">Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that Tehran will allow Indian authorities to meet 17 Indian crew members of a cargo vessel that was seized by the Iranian military near the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/strait-of-hormuz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Amir-Abdollahian conveyed this to External Affairs Minister <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/s-jaishankar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S Jaishankar<\/a> during a telephonic conversation on Sunday, according to an Iranian readout.<\/p>\n<p>In the talks, <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jaishankar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaishankar<\/a> called for release of the Indians onboard Portuguese-flagged cargo vessel MSC Aries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are following up on the details of the seized ship and soon it will be possible for the representatives of the Indian government to meet with the crew of the said ship,&#8221; the Iranian readout quoted Amir-Abdollahian as saying.<\/p>\n<p>It said Jaishankar expressed his concern about the situation of the 17 Indian crew members and requested assistance from <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a> in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>Special Naval Forces of Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) seized &#8216;MSC Aries&#8217; reportedly in view of its links with Israel.The MSC (<a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mediterranean-shipping-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediterranean Shipping Company<\/a>) said on Saturday that it is working closely with relevant authorities for the well-being of 25 crew members and the return of the vessel.Hours after the Iranian action, <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/white-house-national-security-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House National Security Council<\/a> Spokesperson Adrienne Watson said the ship&#8217;s crew comprised of Indian, Filipino, Pakistani, Russian and Estonian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Official sources in India said it is in touch with Iran to secure the release of 17 Indians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/iran-to-allow-indian-authorities-to-meet-17-crew-members-of-seized-cargo-vessel\/articleshow\/109303731.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that Tehran will allow Indian authorities to meet 17 Indian crew members of a cargo vessel that was seized by the Iranian military near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Amir-Abdollahian conveyed this to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a telephonic conversation on Sunday, according to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-109303731,imgsize-35976.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[15436,15250,24,1025,31600,19606,3607,31602,2485,18,5102,3700,31603,10934,31601],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26707,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26705\/revisions\/26707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}