Indian seafarer aboard oil tanker recalls incentives from his employer to make the risky transit via route near Oman, the threats from the Iranian side to stop, and encouragement from the U.S. India issued a diplomatic protest after an Indian sailor was killed and dozens more were injured in an Iranian attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. India summoned Iran's deputy ambassador after an Indian crew member was killed in the Strait of Hormuz.
MEA condemned the attacks on the commercial vessels MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, which had a total of 30 Indian seafarers onboard, and reiterated its call for an immediate cessation of violence and a return to dialogue and diplomacy to bring stability to West Asia The UN maritime agency, IMO, condemned overnight attacks on shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz that killed at least two seafarers as fresh strikes were reported early Tuesday in the escalating US-Iran war. India summoned Iran’s senior diplomat in New Delhi on Tuesday to protest against attacks on two commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz that killed an Indian seafarer and wounded several others.
The Indian foreign ministry said it had summoned the deputy chief of mission of the Iranian embassy in the capital to register “a strong protest” against the attacks reported early on Tuesday. The two vessels had a total of 46 crew members, including 30 Indians, one of whom has “tragically lost his... India registered a strong protest against continued attacks on vessels carrying Indian seafarers.
Two vessels, MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. One Indian national tragically lost his life while others sustained injuries during the attacks. The ministry summoned Iran's deputy chief of mission to lodge a strong protest.
India calls for an immediate cessation of violence and a return to dialogue. India summons Iranian deputy ambassador over killing of citizen in Hormuz Strait An Indian government official indicated that the country summoned Iran's deputy ambassador over the killing of an Indian seafarer in the Strait of Hormuz. This comes after the UAE defence ministry said that two national vessels were targeted by two Iranian cruise missiles in the southern lane of the key waterway, killing one Indian crew member and wounding eight others.
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