India enjoys close and friendly relations with both Israel and Iran as also the US and had expressed the need for early restoration of peace and stability in the region at the very beginning of the crisis.
Opposition Congress today backed Iran, calling
President Donald Trump’s decision to “unleash US airpower on Iran a mockery of his own calls for the continuation of talks with the country”.
It also criticised the Narendra Modi Government for “unequivocally neither criticising nor condemning the US bombing and Israel’s aggression, bombings and targeted assassinations” in Iran
“The Indian National Congress reiterates the absolute essentiality of immediate diplomacy and dialogue with Iran,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said
“The Government of India must demonstrate greater moral courage than it has so far. The Modi Government has unequivocally neither criticised nor condemned the US bombing and Israel’s aggression, bombings and targeted assassinations. It has also maintained a deafening silence on the genocide being perpetrated on the Palestinians in Gaza,” he said.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he will allow two weeks for diplomacy to proceed before deciding whether to launch a strike in Iran and get directly involved in its conflict with Israel as there was a “substantial chance” for renewed negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme, he also said, according to reports.
However early Sunday morning US stealth bombers struck Iran’s three nuclear sites.
Trump announced the bombing saying: “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space”.
Iran called the US strikes betrayal of diplomacy.
Iranian revolutionary guards was quoted as saying that they will not be intimidated by the noise made by Trump “or criminal gangs ruling the White House and Tel Aviv.” By striking Iran’s nuclear sites, the US had placed itself directly “at the front line of aggression,” they said
India enjoys close and friendly relations with both Israel and Iran as also the US and has already expressed “deep concern” about the rising tensions in the region. It has expressed the need for early restoration of peace and stability in the region at the very beginning of the crisis.
