India, June 11 -- In the aftermath of U.S. Navy strikes on MT Marivex, Settebello and MT Jalveer, the spokesperson for India's ministry of external affairs said that two of the ships had been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control while one was "non-compliant".

To be sure, each of the three vessels struck has had a complicated history with inspection deficiencies, detentions and sanctions.

MT Marivex, which was the first ship struck by the U.S. Navy off the coast of Oman with 24 Indian sailors on board, is linked to Panama-based Arihant Shipping. The firm was hit by U.S. sanctions in 2025 after the United States Treasury stated that the firm was part of Iran's shadow fleet network, allowing Tehran to evade sa...