US-Iran War, March 12 -- The government of India said on Thursday that the number of Indian vessels operating in the Persian Gulf remains unchanged. As many as 28 Indian vessels with 778 seafarers on board are stuck in the Persian Gulf, a government official said on Wednesday,repeating what he said a day before.

"The number of Indian flagged vessels operating in the Persian Gulf region remains unchanged," Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Shipping Ministry, told reporters at the briefing on Thursday.

"The number was 28 yesterday; it remains 28 today," Sinha said.

"Of these 28, 24 are located on the west of the Strait of Hormuz, which has 677 Indian seafarers and four vessels are on the east of the Strait with 101 Indian seafarers on board," Sinha sa...