Video: Moment Ship With 21 Indian Sailors Came Under Iran's Attack In Hormuz

A video released by the Forward Seamen's Union of India shows a tense April confrontation where Iranian naval forces surrounded a Panama-flagged ship carrying 21 Indian sailors. The incident occurred amidst escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting the risks faced by merchant mariners in the region.
Why it matters
It underscores the vulnerability of global supply chains and merchant sailors caught in geopolitical conflicts between major powers.
Indians are one of the largest workforces at sea, accounting for approximately 12.2 per cent of global seafarers. But when Iran made the Strait of Hormuz -- which normally carries about one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments -- a battlefield after the United States and Israel launched attacks on February 28, Indian sailors became unsuspecting collateral damage in US President Donald Trump's war of choice.According to a UN report published in June, at least 15 seafarers, many of them Indians, have died in attacks on merchant vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28.Now, the Indian sailors' union has released an old video from April showing glimpses of horrors faced by Indian sailors when they came in the line of fire between the warring nations.
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