Trump ‘Betrayed’ Talks, Submarine Sinks Warship—Report
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The incident comes just days after the U.S. military announced it had struck Iran's largest naval warship as part of former President Donald Trump's Operation Epic Fury.
US submarine carried out deadly strike on Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, officials say - More than 100 missing and 78 injured after sinking of Iranian frigate Iris Dena, according to reports
NEARLY 150 people are missing, several are dead and dozens are wounded after a submarine attack on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, officials have said. Sri Lanka’s defence
At least 101 people missing and 78 injured following a submarine attack on an Iranian ship, the IRIS Dena, off the coast of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka sent jets to rescue crew of Iranian ship 'Iris Dena' after it sounded a distress call. Sri Lanka denied that the ship was hit by a submarine attack.
The sources said the vessel has sunk following the attack. It remains unclear who carried out the strike, News.Az reports, citing Reuters. However,
The United States Central Command, led by Admiral Brad Cooper, said nearly 2,000 Iranian targets had been hit and 17 Iranian naval vessels destroyed across the Gulf and Arabian Sea region. “We are also sinking the Iranian Navy — the entire navy — and we will not stop,” Cooper said at a briefing earlier this week.
We estimate that the frigate had approximately 180 sailors aboard at the time of the incident. We suspect that between 100 and 150 crew members were still unaccounted for as of Wednesday afternoon,” said a top government official in Colombo.
Sri Lanka's navy and air force confirmed they have deployed ships and aircraft to assist with the ongoing rescue operation.
COLOMBO, March 4 (Reuters) - At least 101 people were missing and 78 wounded after a submarine attack on an Iranian ship off Sri Lanka's coast, sources in Sri Lanka's navy and defence ministry told Reuters on Wednesday. (Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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