Mumbai, April 8 -- With a ceasefire now in place between US and Iran, former MoS for External Affairs MJ Akbar, says the obvious advantage has fallen to the Iranian side.

Former Union MoS for External Affairs said that the said that the war has ended with Iran possessing "advantage plus."

"In the simplest terms, the war has ended with Iran possessing what I call "advantage plus." The war began with President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asking for regime change. There has been no regime change. They then shifted their objectives basically to the Hormuz Strait and to the clear passage of oil, energy, and fuel through this passage," he said.

Akbar says that Iran's victory lies in the fact that its oil is now not sanctioned...