The Sri Lankan Navy said it received information that the ship was in distress, and it sent ships and air force planes on a rescue mission
Rescue workers search for victims after a strike on a building in Tehran’s Enghelab Square. PIC/AFP
Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday said that they have recovered some 80 bodies of Iranian sailors killed after a US submarine attack that sank an Iranian naval ship off the island’s southern coast.
Sri Lanka earlier said its Navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from the distressed Iranian frigate — IRIS Dena — in the southern waters early on Wednesday. The frigate was carrying around 180 sailors.
The Sri Lankan Navy said it received information that the ship was in distress, and it sent ships and air force planes on a rescue mission.
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth said a US submarine sank the warship in international waters. He said it was the first sinking of an enemy vessel by torpedo since World War II.
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