This comes after the US was squarely blamed by both India and Iran for the attack on the asphalt tanker 'Jalveer'—the third Indian-crewed ship to be attacked in a week.

This comes after the US was squarely blamed by both India and Iran for the attack on the asphalt tanker 'Jalveer'—the third Indian-crewed ship to be attacked in a week.

This comes after the US was squarely blamed by both India and Iran for the attack on the asphalt tanker 'Jalveer'—the third Indian-crewed ship to be attacked in a week.

US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that Iran had attempted to attack "Indian ships" trying to leave the Strait of Hormuz on June 11.

This comes hours after the US was squarely blamed by both India and Iran for the attack on the asphalt tanker Jalveer—the third Indian-crewed ship to be attacked by the US Navy in a week.

"Their totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. They better get their act together, and FAST!" he wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday, implying that Washington had prevented an Iranian attack on Indian ships trying to leave the strait on June 11.

Notably, neither the shipping ministry nor ship trackers have identified any Indian-owned or Indian-flagged ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has also clarified that the Jalveer, carrying the flag of Guinea-Bissau, was not Indian-owned, and that it had crew members onboard who were Indian.

The Central Command (CENTCOM) of the US military had even released footage of its Thursday strike on the engine room of the Jalveer using Hellfire missiles, saying that the three ships had violated its blockade in the strait.

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The third attack led to the MEA summoning Jason Meeks, the US Chargé d'Affaires (CdA), by the Additional Secretary (Americas) to lodge a "strong protest".

This comes after Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei called the attacks "clear evidence of America’s ongoing policy of armed robbery and State piracy".

Trump also rebuked Iran for "leaking" fake news about the peace deal to end the three-month-long war, saying that they had "NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing".

Iran's semi-official news agency Fars quickly responded to the claim, saying that no final agreement had been agreed upon.

It added, citing an informed source, that the peace deal "has not yet been finalised", because of which Iran denied the reported signing date of Sunday and the claim of Geneva being proposed as the venue for the signing.

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