India, other friendly countries granted passage through Hormuz: Iran

India and four other “friendly nations” were allowed to move their ships through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, adding that Tehran has established its “sovereignty” over the waterway connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

He also thanked India and Sri Lanka for their “significant help” after an Iranian vessel, IRIS Dena, was sunk in a U.S. attack in the Indian Ocean during the conflict and said no talks were being held with Washington.

“We permitted passage through the Strait of Hormuz for friendly nations including China, Russia, India, Iraq, and Pakistan,” Mr. Araghchi said in an interview with the Iran News Network that was broadcast on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) night.

“The Strait of Hormuz is located in the territorial waters of Iran and Oman, and Iran’s sovereignty is established there. After the war, we will also have new arrangements for passing through the Strait,” he said. “In the incident of the Dena ship, which was unfairly attacked without any warning, I must thank Sri Lanka and India for their significant help in transferring two other ships to a safe location,” he added.

The Iranian frigate was attacked and sunk by a U.S. Navy submarine on March 4 off the coast of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean while returning from exercises in Visakhapatnam. At least 87 sailors were killed in the attack. IRIS Lavan and IRIS Bushehr, which also came to the region to take part in the drills, have now docked in Kochi and Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee, respectively.

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