India let Iran warship dock the day US sank another off Sri Lanka, officials say

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India received the docking request for the Lavan on Feb 28, the day the Iran war started NEW DELHI: India has allowed an Iranian warship to dock as a humanitarian gesture, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Saturday (Mar 7), after the US sank another Iranian navy vessel off neighbouring Sri Lanka. The Lavan docked at India's southern port of Kochi on Wednesday, the same day the US submarine struck Iranian navy frigate Dena, after an urgent request from Tehran, an Indian government

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