Two crystallographically independent molecules (A and B) are present in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C₁₁H₉IN₂OS, which differ mainly in the dihedral angle between the phenyl and thiazole rings [38.94 (16) and 32.12 (15)°, respectively]. In the crystal, the molecules form ...A...B...A...B... chains along the [001] and [010] directions through moderate N—H...O hydrogen bonds and C—H...π interactions, respectively. The overall three-dimensional network is formed by I...I and I...S interactions. Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that the most important contributions to the crystal packing are from H...C/C...H (26.2%), H...H (20.9%), H...I/I...H (19.4%) and H...O/O...H (6.8%) interactions.