Politics · India · 3 hrs ago
India urges dialogue after US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island
India urged countries in the West Asia conflict to return to dialogue after the US military struck Iran's Qeshm Island.
The government said the fighting has caused deaths and disrupted energy, food and fertiliser supplies around the world.
Twenty-three Indian nationals have died in the conflict, including 15 seafarers, according to the statement.
One Indian seafarer died when the dhow MSV Al Jusufi was hit by a projectile off Oman; 13 of its 14 Indian seafarers were rescued by Oman's Coast Guard.
India has more than 10 million citizens living in West Asia and about 18,000 seafarers on merchant vessels in the region.
India called for an end to hostilities and attacks on merchant ships, and said safe passage through international waterways must be guaranteed.
It urged the parties to pursue diplomacy so peace and normal life can return, but no next steps were specified.
India urged the parties in the West Asia conflict to resume dialogue and diplomacy after US strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island.
External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the conflict had caused casualties and disrupted lives in the region and beyond.
He said the fighting had harmed global food, fuel, fertiliser and financial flows.
India also called for attacks on merchant shipping to stop and for freedom of navigation through international waterways to be guaranteed.
Jaiswal referred to the death of an Indian seafarer after a dhow was hit by a projectile off Oman.
- Who
- India, represented by external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, urged dialogue. The parties involved in the West Asia conflict were asked to resume diplomacy.
- What
- India called for an end to hostilities after US military strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island.
- When
- Tuesday, hours after the US strikes. The article was published on November 4, 2026.
- Where
- The strikes were on Qeshm Island, Iran; India’s appeal concerned the West Asia conflict.
- Why
- India said the conflict had caused casualties, disrupted lives and harmed global energy, food, fertiliser and financial flows.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Strikes on Iran by the US and Israel marked the start of the West Asia conflict, according to the article.
A projectile hit the dhow MSV Al Jusufi off Oman; 13 of its 14 Indian seafarers were rescued by Oman’s Coast Guard.
The US military struck Iran’s Qeshm Island.
Hours after the strikes, India again urged dialogue and diplomacy and called for a cessation of hostilities.
- Qeshm Island
- Iran
- Indian seafarers on Al Jusufi
- 14
- Rescued from Al Jusufi
- 13 by Oman’s Coast Guard
- Indian nationals killed in the conflict
- 23
- Indians living in West Asia
- More than 10 million
What people are saying
We continue to call for dialogue and diplomacy among the parties so that peace and stability can return to the region
It has had a debilitating impact on global food, fuel, fertiliser and financial flows, and we urge the cessation of hostilities so that normalcy can be restored in the region
We once again call upon parties that dialogue and diplomacy must be taken forward so that there can be an early return of peace to the region and that freedom of navigation through international waterways must be restored and must be guaranteed