{"id":62775,"date":"2026-04-18T22:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=62775"},"modified":"2026-04-18T22:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:19:29","slug":"irani-firing-two-indian-ships-with-no-casualty-irani-ship-hit-sunk-returning-from-india-taking-87-lives-two-incidents-related-to-two-friends-different-response-by-tazeen-akhtar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/irani-firing-two-indian-ships-with-no-casualty-irani-ship-hit-sunk-returning-from-india-taking-87-lives-two-incidents-related-to-two-friends-different-response-by-tazeen-akhtar\/","title":{"rendered":"Irani Firing @ Two Indian Ships with No Casualty | Irani Ship Hit Sunk Returning from India Taking 87 Lives | Two Incidents Related to Two Friends | Different Response – by Tazeen Akhtar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Middle East Monitoring Desk Islamabad by Tazeen Akhtar\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\"\"In a major escalation on April 18, 2026, Iranian naval forces allegedly fired upon two Indian-flagged vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The ships identified in reports include the Jag Annapurna (a VLCC supertanker carrying Iraqi oil) and the Sanmar Herald. India summoned Iran’s Ambassador to India, Dr. Mohammad Fathali, to express deep concern.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Ambassador of Iran to India, Mr. Fathali, only less than a week ago, issued a statement on 12 April 2026 calling India a trusted friend and expressed gratitude for Indian human assistence sent for the victims of invasion of US and Israel. Few days later he was summoned by Indian MOFA.<\/p>\n

Here it is worth mentioning that Iran did not react in that way to India when \u00a0the Iranian warship was attacked and sunk by a U.S. submarine torpedo in the Indian Ocean while returning from naval exercises in India. 87 Iranian marines were killed in the strike and India did not come to rescue more than 300 others. Here in firing incident no casualty occured.<\/p>\n

The attack occurred approximately 20 nautical miles off the northeast coast of Oman while the ships were transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route.Iranian gunboats reportedly approached the vessels and opened fire, forcing them to retreat westward and exit the strait. All crew members are reportedly safe, and the tankers were not seized.<\/p>\n

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