Indian Ocean became a battlefield, tension increased due to sinking of Iranian warship; Sri Lanka made a shocking claim

Iris Dena Update: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the US sank an Iranian warship with torpedoes near Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the Sri Lankan Navy reported that the IRIS Dena sank in the Indian Ocean. After the sinking of the frigate, about 150 people went missing and many sailors died. “An American submarine sank an Iranian warship that it thought was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo,” Hegseth told reporters.

‘First attack of its kind since WW2’

Calling the attack a “quiet death”, he said it was the first attack of its kind on an enemy since World War II. The Pentagon says that one of the main objectives of the US-Israeli war against Iran that started on Saturday is to destroy the country’s navy. A spokesperson said the Sri Lankan Navy had recovered “some bodies” of Iranian sailors in what crew members said was an explosion.

“We have found some bodies from the area where the ship sank,” local navy spokesperson Buddhika Sampath told reporters in Colombo. He also said that the search for others is going on.

Video released showing the reported US submarine attack on the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka, allegedly struck by a torpedo.

This marks the first time since World War II that an enemy ship has been sunk by a torpedo.

Sri Lankan forces rescued 32 sailors… pic.twitter.com/B61imVCQJw

Sri Lanka Tweet (@SriLankaTweet) March 4, 2026

IRIS Dena was returning from India

IRIS Dena, a Mauj-class frigate, was returning to Iran after participating in the MILAN 2026 multinational naval exercise in Visakhapatnam. Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament that the Sri Lankan Navy had received information that the ship IRIS Dena, carrying 180 people, was in trouble, and the island nation had sent ships and air force planes on a rescue mission.

Bodies of 87 sailors recovered from warship – Sri Lanka

On Wednesday, an Iranian naval vessel was sunk by a US submarine or torpedo off the coast of Sri Lanka, after which the Sri Lankan force started a rescue operation. Sri Lankan officials said that the bodies of 87 sailors had been recovered from the warship, and the search for the missing was still ongoing. 32 people on board the ship have been saved.

The ship has been identified as IRIS Dena, according to Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath, who informed Parliament about the incident. Officials said the Navy received a distress call from the Iranian ship and launched a search and rescue operation off the coast of the island in the Indian Ocean with the help of the Sri Lankan Air Force.

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