India, March 12 -- An Indian national died in an Iranian strike on US-owned crude oil tanker Safesea Vishnu in Iraqi waters near Basra on Wednesday amid the ongoing war in West Asia. The attack was carried out by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, a video of which surfaced on social media.

The crude oil tanker, sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, is seen blasting into a huge ball of flame after being hit in the video seemingly recorded by the IRGC Navy members. The video, shared on X by Iran's Press TV, shows the ship engulfed in flames as a huge cloud of smoke emerges from it amid repetitive loud booms.

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The Indian Embassy in Baghdad shared details about the attack in which an In...