India allowed Iranian warship to dock in Kochi as humanitarian act

India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed that India permitted an Iranian warship to dock at the port of Kochi, describing the decision as a humanitarian gesture. He explained the action was taken from a point of humanity, while also pushing back against a U.S. official's remarks by stating India will chart its own economic rise. The context follows the sinking of another Iranian ship, IRIS Dena, by the U.S.