New Delhi, June 13 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar dialled US secretary of state Marco Rubio to raise the death of three Indian seafarers in US attacks on ships in the Gulf of Oman, and asserted that "lethal actions" against commercial vessels are not justified.

According to a US state department readout on Friday's conversation between the two leaders, Rubio emphasised that commercial vessels should comply with orders from US forces, and violations of an American blockade of Iranian ports "will not be tolerated".

Jaishankar and Rubio spoke hours after the external affairs ministry summoned US charge d'affaires Jason Meeks for the second time in three days to protest against US attacks on merchant vessels with Indian crew memb...