India, April 19 -- The representative of Iran's Supreme Leader in India reacted on Saturday when asked about the attack on two Indian-flagged tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. While the envoy, Dr Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, said that he was not aware of any such incident, he also said that the relationship between India and Iran is "very strong".

He also said that New Delhi benefitted from these ties, citing how its oil tankers passed the Strait of Hormuz.

"The relationship between Iran and India is very strong and I don't know anything about this event which you mentioned and we hope that it will be okay and it will be solved," Illahi said, further adding that Iran was not in favour of war, but of peace.

"The Prime Minister of India ha...