{"id":354278,"date":"2025-06-14T02:48:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=354278"},"modified":"2025-06-14T04:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:06:49","slug":"israel-iran-crisis-middle-east-on-edge-india-watches-closely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/israel-iran-crisis-middle-east-on-edge-india-watches-closely\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel- Iran crisis: Middle East on edge, India watches closely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">India enjoys close and friendly relations with both Iran and Israel<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"554\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Middle-east-crises.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Middle-east-crises.jpg 554w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Middle-east-crises-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received a phone call from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu during which the two leaders discussed the ongoing tensions between Israel and Iran.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a PMO statement&nbsp; Netanyahu briefed PM Modi on the latest developments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Modi too conveyed New Delhi\u2019s deep concern over the unfolding situation and stressed the need for \u201cearly restoration of peace and stability in the region.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As missiles criss-cross Israel and Iran, Middle East is on the edge. India has expressed the need for early restoration of peace and stability in the region, according to the MEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India enjoys close and friendly relations with both countries, is \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d about the rising tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India and Iran share a millennia-long history of interactions.The contemporary relationship draws upon the strength of these historical and&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>civilisational ties, and continues to grow further marked by high-level exchanges, commercial and connectivity cooperation, cultural and robust people-to-people ties, according to MEA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India and Israel too are strategic partners with&nbsp; civilisational relations dating back more than two millennia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bilateral political ties are warm and forward-looking. India announced its recognition of Israel on September 17, 1950. Soon after, the Jewish Agency established an immigration office in Bombay (Mumbai), which was later converted into a Trade Office and, subsequently, a Consulate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regular embassies opened in 1992 when full diplomatic relations were established between the two countries. In 2022-23, the two countries jointly celebrated 30 years of the elevation of bilateral ties to full diplomatic, states the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel on Friday carried out a \u201cprecise, preemptive strike\u201d in Iran, claiming the attacks were aimed at disrupting Tehran\u2019s nuclear capabilities in response to continued \u201caggression\u201d from the country. Iran also fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel&#8217;s surprise attack, according to reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India enjoys close and friendly relations with both Iran and Israel Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received a phone call from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu during which the two leaders discussed the ongoing tensions between Israel and Iran.&nbsp; According to a PMO statement&nbsp; Netanyahu briefed PM Modi on the latest developments.&nbsp; PM Modi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":354279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[19360,19801,19802],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354281,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354278\/revisions\/354281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/354279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}