Thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran around the coffins of officials reportedly killed in American-Israeli strikes, also paying tribute to 84 sailors from a torpedoed Iranian frigate.
A US submarine reportedly sank an Iranian frigate near India's shores, testing New Delhi's neutrality in the US-Iran conflict and increasing pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sri Lanka has taken control of an Iranian military vessel and evacuated its crew after they reported engine failure. This comes days after an Iranian frigate was reportedly torpedoed by a US submarine.
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The Pentagon said the US Navy sunk an enemy warship by torpedo for the first time since World War II. Sri Lanka earlier said it had rescued over 30 sailors from an Iranian frigate in international waters off its coast.
Sri Lankan authorities have rescued 78 injured, several in critical condition
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The Iranian frigate IRIS Dena was torpedoed and sunk by a US submarine near the coast of Sri Lanka early on March 4, resulting in the death of almost 90 crew members
Sri Lanka evacuated 208 crew members of an Iranian navy vessel on Thursday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a day after a US submarine struck and sank another Iranian frigate, killing dozens of sailors.
An Iranian frigate, the Dena, was reportedly sunk by a single US Mk48 torpedo off the coast of Sri Lanka, resulting in the loss of at least 101 crew members.
Hegseth: We sank Iran’s flagship – Sri Lankan authorities announced that 32 people have been rescued from the frigate’s 180-member crew, as it was returning from an exercise it had been invited to by India
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Sri Lanka rescued 32 “critically wounded” sailors aboard the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, which sank on Wednesday just outside the island’s territorial waters, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said.
No information was immediately available on the cause of the explosion that sank the vessel, but Herath told parliament that the injured sailors were taken to a hospital in the island’s south.
The 180-crew frigate had issued a distress call at dawn.
Sri Lanka’s defence ministry said it was searching ...
Days before being torpedoed by a US submarine, the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena participated in peaceful exercises off India's eastern coast with 41 vessels from over 70 countries, causing distress in India.
The Indian Congress party criticized the government for its 'silence' regarding the sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in Sri Lankan waters, highlighting the frigate's previous participation in Indian naval events.
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Iran's Foreign Minister states that the US will 'bitterly regret' torpedoing Iran's Frigate Dena in international waters, indicating a direct naval confrontation and escalating tensions.