According to Defense Minister Hegseth, the USA sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo. Hegseth left it open whether or not it was the ship “IRIS Dena” that sank off Sri Lanka.
An Iranian warship in worldwide waters was hit by a torpedo from the US army, in line with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He didn’t identify the ship at a press convention. However, it’s most likely the frigate “IRIS Dena”, which had not too long ago sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka. According to the AP information company, this was confirmed by a US official who shouldn’t be licensed to remark publicly and due to this fact needs to stay nameless.
An Iranian warship sank about 40 kilometers off the coast of Sri Lanka.
According to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath, the Iranian warship made a misery name early Wednesday morning about 40 kilometers south of the Sri Lankan coast. When the Navy lifeboats arrived, the warship had already sunk fully and solely a hint of oil might be seen. Crew members reported an explosion.
At least 87 crew members to
There is various details about the variety of victims. According to present data from Sri Lanka, 87 crew members are useless. The our bodies had been recovered after the ship sank, Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Hemachandra instructed broadcaster Ada Derana. The Sri Lankan authorities had beforehand spoken of not less than 180 folks on board the Iranian ship. Of them, 32 had been rescued throughout a joint rescue operation by the Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force off the nation’s southwest coast. So there should nonetheless be lacking folks.
The ship was touring in worldwide waters when it was sunk. According to Hemachandra, it was on its method again to Iran from India. In India it took half in a naval present.
Ship armed with heavy weapons
The frigate “IRIS Dena” was a frigate constructed by Iran itself. It was armed with heavy weapons, surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship missiles and torpedoes and had a helipad. The ship was topic to sanctions by the USA in 2023.
The warship “IRIS Dena”, right here within the port of Rio de Janeiro, was topic to sanctions by the USA in 2023.
The US army mentioned it had now destroyed greater than 20 Iranian ships and was aiming to sink “Iran’s entire navy.” A Soleimani-class warship was additionally added final night time, the accountable US regional command within the Middle East (Centcom) introduced on X. This is a comparatively fashionable fight ship of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
With data from Peter Hornung, ARD studio New Delhi
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