# Settebello

Fatal Strike in the Gulf of Oman: US-India Relations Strained After Deaths of Indian Mariners

A fatal U.S. missile strike on a merchant tanker in the Gulf of Oman has killed three Indian sailors, prompting a sharp diplomatic protest from New Delhi. While the U.S. maintains the vessel was violating Iranian oil sanctions, India has condemned the lethal use of force against a commercial ship as unjustified.