India in Talks With Iran to Secure Safe Passage for Tankers (2)

India is in talks with Iran to secure the safe passage of more than 20 tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, according to people familiar with the matter.

Negotiations are still ongoing and are being handled by the ministry of foreign affairs, said the people, who asked not to be named as the conversations are sensitive. The narrow waterway, through which around a fifth of the world’s crude typically flows, has been effectively closed since the start of the war in the Persian Gulf.

Laden with crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas, the tankers have been stuck ...