Hyderabad, Aug. 3 -- Two Indian seafarers have allegedly been stranded aboard a vessel at Iran's Port Bushehr for nearly a year without salaries, electricity, adequate food or water, prompting the Forward Seamen Union of India (FSUI) to urge the Indian government to secure their immediate repatriation.

The two seafarers have been identified as Saurav Patil and Navin Kumar. According to the union, they remain stranded aboard the vessel PSD-1 despite official records reportedly showing them as crew members of PVT Fortune (Ex Bellavita, IMO 9542831), a vessel currently bound for Singapore.

In a post on X, FSUI said the two Indian seafarers have remained aboard PSD-1 for the past 12 months without pay and under life-threatening conditions....