Jaishankar on two-day visit to Iran, amid US-UK airstrikes against Tehran-backed Houthi rebels

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A day before the US strikes, Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone conversation Thursday, to discuss the security crisis in the Red Sea. They also exchanged views on the Israel-Hamas conflict and the situation in Ukraine. Jaishankar’s Tehran visit — on 14-15 January — comes days after the US and the UK launched multiple airstrikes targeting the Houthis, in response to attacks on their commercial ships in the region. This was the first retaliatory action taken by US-led forces against the Houthis since the Iran-backed group started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea late...