NEW DELHI — The Indian government appears to be playing down evidence of Iranian involvement in last week’s bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat here, perhaps out of concern that any such evidence might put it under more international pressure to isolate Tehran, experts say.
India has said that it opposes any efforts by Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon but that it is not willing to join a U.S.-led sanctions effort against the Islamic republic. Iran is India’s second-largest supplier of crude oil and is seen in New Delhi as a key regional counterweight to Pakistan and a gateway to Afghanistan.
The delicate balancing act in which India is engaged, attempting to sustain its ties with the United States and Israel as well as its relations with Iran, was laid bare by the Feb. 13 attack, which almost killed an Israeli Embassy employee married to a member of Israel’s defense mission.
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