Indian families of dead seafarers each demand $5m from US, Iran

Iran warMiddle East conflict takes seamen's lives; bereaved want prompt actionFamilies of Indian seafarers killed as a result of the U.S. war on Iran are demanding their government file a petition for compensation with the U.N. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)KIRAN SHARMAJuly 31, 2026 13:49 JSTNEW DELHI -- Family members of Indian seafarers killed in attacks on commercial vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz during the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict have called on the government to "immediately" file an official petition with the United Nations over the killings, and demanded $5 million in compensation from Washington and Tehran for each of about a dozen bereaved families.