The tensions highlighted the diplomatic balancing act facing India, this year’s BRICS chair, as it attempts to navigate sharp disagreements between fellow members Iran and the UAE.
Sources said state-owned oil firms kept fuel prices unchanged for 11 weeks despite rising input costs, but raised them once operations became financially unsustainable.
Foreign tours cancelled, virtual meetings encouraged, and officials asked to use public transport and electric vehicles as state pushes energy-saving measures.
The OHCHR said that many people, including children, remain at risk of the death penalty under Iran's "broad and vague definition of national security crimes".
Iran's defence ministry spokesman Reza Talaei-Nik highlighted that the US should accept the fact that it must abandon illegal and irrational demands to other countries.
