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In a bid to control the damage from the Nupur Sharma comment that cast a slur on the Prophet, the Indian foreign office said Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in India to a “warm welcome” to hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. He also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Abdollahian is the first leader from an Islamic country to come to New Delhi amid widespread anger in West Asian countries over Sharma’s comments that neither Jaishankar nor Modi have reacted to or commented on. His visit comes two days after Iran joined Arab nations in summoning Indian envoys
