India ‘calls in’ Iranian envoy, conveys ‘deep concern’ after two oil tankers prevented from crossing Strait of Hormuz

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Saturday (April 18, 2026) met Iran’s ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, and conveyed India’s “deep concern” after two India-bound energy-carrying vessels were prevented from transiting the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian naval guards.

This is the first instance of India-bound energy carriers being prevented by the naval units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran during the ongoing fortnight-long ceasefire in the U.S.-Iran conflict, which came into effect on April 8. A day earlier, Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi had said that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open” for the remaining period of the ceasefire.