US submarine sank Iranian warship – Hegseth

The IRIS Dena was torpedoed off the coast of Sri Lanka on Monday, the US secretary of war has said, confirming earlier reports

A US submarine sank an Iranian Navy frigate in the Indian Ocean on Monday, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said. Earlier media reports indicated that the IRIS Dena was struck about 40 nautical miles off the city of Galle in southwestern Sri Lanka, with dozens of crew members rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Hegseth said the Iranian vessel had “thought it was safe in international waters.”

“Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death,” Hegseth stated, adding that the incident marked the “first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.”

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