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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arpan Rai

India defends giving berth to Iranian warship ‘caught on the wrong side of events’

India defended its decision to allow an Iranian warship to dock at one of its Arabian Sea ports amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, saying it acted out of “humanity”.

New Delhi approved the docking of IRIS Lavan at the southern port of Kochi on Wednesday, the same day that the American navy torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship, which was reportedly unarmed, off Sri Lanka.

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