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Seafarers union releases Hormuz IRGC attack video
News18··21 Aug
On 20 August 2026, the Forward Seamen's Union of India released video of a 22 April incident in the Strait of Hormuz. FSUI said a vessel with 22 crew, including 21 Indians, was surrounded by small boats of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The footage shows an RPG fired and crew taking cover inside the ship.
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What It Means For You
- If a family member sails merchant ships through Hormuz, FSUI dated this confrontation to 22 April and said 21 of 22 crew were Indian.
- Anyone tracking Indian sailors still in the Gulf can note the MEA figure of 166 seafarers in the region, including 125 on six Indian-flagged ships.
- If you follow shipping advisories, the union's point is that written warnings were already in place when this footage was recorded.
What's Happening
- FSUI posted the clip on 20 August, months after the April incident, to renew a demand for naval cover rather than only guidelines.
- The video sequence shows small boats around the hull, then apparent RPG fire, then crew moving into alleyways.
- Gujarat Samachar noted Iran's 22 April claim that its forces seized two commercial vessels in the same strait.
Why Hormuz Footage Was Released In August
- The Strait of Hormuz is the choke point for much of the world's seaborne oil. Merchant crews there are mostly civilian, not naval.
- FSUI is a seafarers' union. Its post is an account of what the crew recorded, not a government confirmation of every frame.
- Of the 166 Indians the MEA counted in the Gulf-Hormuz belt, 41 were listed on foreign-flagged ships, which sit outside Indian-flag protection rules.
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