JAKARTA - The United States (US) has confirmed that an Iranian frigate sank off the coast of Sri Lanka due to a torpedo shot from a US submarine.
Al Jazzera on Thursday, March 5 reported, in response to this, Iran sent a warship to Sri Lanka's territorial waters, the same area where the US submarine destroyed the Iranian frigate yesterday.
The Iranian manned frigate with 180 people on board when the incident occurred had sent an emergency call on Wednesday, March 4 morning. The ship named 'IRIS Dena' was the first ship to be sunk by a US submarine since World War II.
At least 87 soldiers on the IRIS Dena ship were killed. Meanwhile, 61 other personnel are still missing in the search by Sri Lankan authorities.
The Iranian warship was torpedoed by a US submarine in Sri Lankan waters on the fifth day of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
The ship was fired upon while sailing in international waters after participating in a naval exercise invited by the Indian government in the Bay of Bengal.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that his military equipment sank the Iranian warship and released footage of the attack.
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