On June 12, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar phoned U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to register a “ strong protest ” about the killing of three Indian seafarers by U.S. strikes in the Gulf of Oman on June 9. The sailors were aboard the Palau-flagged tanker Settebello , which the United States said “violated the ongoing blockade” on Iranian-linked shipping. With the United States and Iran signing a peace deal this week, it seems likely that the diplomatic fractures between