India will be amongst the countries worst hit by the US-Israeli war on Iran. ADVERTISEMENTIt is in this context that we should assess the response to US-Israeli aggression from the Government of India. But China’s representative pointed out that the US and Israel had bombed Iran without Security Council authorisation and called upon these countries to stop. Jaishankar now negotiates the release of Indian tankers with Iran one ship at a time. This is the war through which realists like Tharoor would counsel silence, because silence is restraint and restraint is, through some mysterious alchemy, strength.

Source: The Telegraph March 22, 2026 05:00 UTC