India, June 13 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said he spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday and conveyed India's strong protest over the US Navy attacks in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners.

"Spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio this evening. I reiterated India's strong protest at the attacks by the US Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners. Such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified," Jaishankar wrote on X.

This comes after Trump accused Iran of being behind the attacks on three vessels carrying Indian seafarers near the Strait of Hormuz that left three people dead, even though US Central Command had confirmed that the strikes were carried out by American nav...