A senior Iranian official stated on Thursday that Tehran was prepared to intervene in the case of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala who has been sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national.”After the Yemen president last month upheld the death sentence of Nimisha, in jail since 2017, India said it was in touch with her family members and was extending all possible help to them in exploring legal options.
Iran’s offer of help came ahead of another round of foreign office consultations with India in which Tehran is expected to call for revival of trade ties, including resumption of oil supplies to India. Unlike with Iran, India has not just continued to import crude from Russia despite international sanctions but also ramped up Russian supplies