India, July 15 -- The attack comes days after another Indian sailor went missing in Iranian fire in the Strait of Hormuz, raising fresh concern over safety of seafarers

India on Tuesday lodged strong protest with Iran following a deadly missile attack on two UAE-flagged oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that claimed the life of an Indian seafarer and left eight, including six Indians and two Ukrainians, injured. Since the escalation of conflict in West Asia in late February, more than 13 Indian nationals, many of them seafarers, have lost their lives.

The latest strikes on Tuesday targeted the tankers Mombasa and Al Bahiyah while they were navigating Omani territorial waters near Bandar Abbas. According to a statement from the UAE Min...