Tharoor backs govt on Iran war after Sonia criticises it, says 'Won't condemn them'

Days after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi slammed the government's stand on the Iran war, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor backed Centre in an op-ed in the Indian Express. Stating that he'll "not condemn the government for choosing silence over confrontation", Tharoor said, "Silence, in this context, is not cowardice." Sonia Gandhi had questioned the government's silence on US-Israeli attack on Iran.