US President Donald Trump claimed Iran had carried out a 'drone attack' on Indian ships leaving the Strait of Hormuz, sparking consternation in New Delhi and Tehran.
However, people familiar with the matter on both the Indian and Iranian sides said there were no reports of a drone attack on Indian-flagged vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump's claim came on a day that the external affairs ministry summoned the most senior US diplomat in New Delhi to protest attacks by US forces on three merchant vessels with Indian crew members in the Gulf of Oman that left three Indian seafarers dead.
Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said a memorandum of understanding with the US has 'never been closer', and urged the media not to speculate about its contents.
