India on Monday reiterated its travel advisory for Iran amid the ongoing developments in the region, urging its nationals to avoid travelling to it and those there to leave the country by all available means. In a statement shared on X, the Indian Embassy in Iran said: "In view of the latest developments in the region, the Embassy reiterates its earlier advice to all Indian Nationals to avoid any travel to Iran."

"Indian Nationals presently in Iran are also advised to exit the country by available means of transport," it added.

Israel-Iran tension explodes again despite ceasefire in place

The statement came hours after Israel and Iran made a sharp escalation in West Asia on Monday. The major escalation came on their war's 100th day, putting its already fragile truce in serious jeopardy and threatening to reignite all-out regional war.

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Compounding the maritime security matrix across regional choke points, the Iran-backed Houthis announced they were banning Israeli shipping on the Red Sea, a key shipping lane, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Iran also attack Israel 

The latest round of kinetic actions, including one on an Iranian petrochemical complex and what Iran's Revolutionary Guard said was the targeting of two Israeli bases, came hours after President Trump reportedly called on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Tehran's missiles.

The foundational breakdown of the cross-border truce infrastructure escalated after Israel launched airstrikes at Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, which led to Iran retaliating with its own strike on Israel, then to Monday's attacks and counterattacks.

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This sudden re-eruption of hostilities has cast a foreboding shadow over diplomatic efforts to permanently end the war, which originally commenced on February 28. The kinetic escalation severely threatens to derail US President Donald Trump's last-ditch efforts to establish an off-ramp by negotiating a comprehensive nuclear deal with Tehran.

The white-hot military friction directly challenges Trump, who had been actively pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to exercise maximum military restraint. The US President recently affirmed his supreme authority over the ongoing international mediation, stating in an interview that he "calls the shots".

(With inputs from agency)

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