Efforts are on to bring back the fishermen detained by the Iranian authorities, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan has said.
Speaking to the media after visiting the family members of the fishermen detained in Iran at Anchuthengu here on Thursday, the Minister said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Embassy have confirmed where the fishermen had been detained after contacting the Iranian authorities.
An Indian delegation will soon meet them and the procedures for the same are under way. Indian authorities will also exert diplomatic pressure on Tehran to ensure the safe release of the fishermen, he said.
