Eight Indian sailors arrested in Iran released, says MEA

Eight of the 16 Indian sailors held in Iran have been released and will be able to travel back to India soon after completing the necessary formalities, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.

Addressing a media briefing in New Delhi on Thursday, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that India is in touch with the Iranian authorities for the release of remaining eight



sailors and have assured full support to them.

“We’ve had consular access. Our Consulate in Bandar Abbas, our officials in Bandar Abbas, they have gone and met them. Of those 16, eight people, this is what we have been informed by the Iranian authorities, eight of them have been released and they will be returning home as and when necessary formalities…for their travel is completed.