Sri Lanka’s navy has recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people after an Iranian warship was sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters near the island. U.S.

Sri Lankan authorities said bodies of 87 sailors had been recovered from the warship, while 32 people had been rescued. | World News

Sri Lanka said its navy rescued 32 survivors after a U.S. torpedo sunk Iranian warship IRIS Dena with 180 aboard. Crews recover 87 bodies from the wreckage.

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said that an American submarine carried out the strike on the Iranian vessel off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, marking a major escalation in naval operations in the region.

Iris Dena visited India between Feb 17 and Feb 25 for the International Fleet Review 2026 and MILAN 2026 organised by the Indian Navy. India has also invited the US navy to participate in the event but America was represented by its officers only as no warships turned for the IFR,

US submarine sinks Iranian warship IRIS Dena near Sri Lanka, with major loss of life and regional security concerns raised.

By Uditha Jayasinghe GALLE, Sri Lanka, March 5 (Reuters) - Iranian sailors who survived a U.S. submarine strike in the Indian Ocean were recovering at a hospital in the Sri Lankan port city of Galle,

The Iranian frigate Iris Dena was destroyed by a US torpedo attack early Wednesday morning, marking a rare naval escalation in the expanding conflict.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed the sinking of the frigate IRIS Dena by a US submarine off Sri Lanka. He condemned the strike as an atrocity, warning America would regret the preceden