The Iranian warship was heading towards Sri Lanka's territorial waters a day after a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate, killing at least 87 sailors.

Sri Lanka evacuates 208 crew members from an Iranian ship amid escalating regional tensions, emphasizing humanitarian aid and neutrality.

A torpedo fired by a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, whose navy said Wednesday it recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people. The Iranian vessel sunk in the Indian Ocean was the Islamic Republic’s “prize ship,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

Indian Navy joined the search and rescue operation after learning about a distress call from the Iranian warship IRIS Dena, which went down

A day after rescuing Iranian sailors from the wreckage of a warship sunk by a U.S. submarine, Sri Lanka’s neutrality is being tested.

A day after rescuing Iranian sailors from the wreckage of a warship sunk by a U.S. submarine, Sri Lanka’s neutrality is being tested.

Sri Lanka evacuated 208 crew members of an Iranian navy vessel on Thursday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a day after a US submarine struck and sank another Iranian frigate, killing dozens of sailors.

By Uditha Jayasinghe GALLE, Sri Lanka, March 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka started to offload 208 crew members from a second Iranian vessel off its coast on Thursday, a day after 87 people were killed and

IRIS Dena joined MILAN 2026, organized by the Indian Navy; US destroyer was also supposed to attend; New Delhi opposition lawmakers pan leader Modi for silence over sinking

An Iranian warship that was sunk by a U.S. submarine near Sri Lanka had participated in naval exercises hosted by India before heading out into international waters in the Indian Ocean on its way home...

In a dramatic turn of events, the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena sank approximately 40 nautical miles south of Galle, Sri Lanka, after issuing a distress call around 5:30 am local time. Initial reports of a search and rescue operation quickly evolved into confirmation that the United States had carried out a torpedo strike against the […]

Iranian sailors recover in Sri Lanka after a U.S. submarine attack that killed 87, with ongoing search operations for the missing.

The U.S.–Iran war widened sharply on Wednesday after a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 80 people, and NATO air defenses destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile fired towards Turkey. The escalation came as the powerful son of Iran's slain supreme leader emerged as a…

The Indian Navy has clarified its role regarding the sunken Iranian warship IRIS Dena. Senior officials directly involved in the sequence of events have made it unequivocally clear that IRIS Dena ceased to be a guest of the Indian Navy from the afternoon of February 25, when it sailed out from the Visakhapatnam coast. 

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, mainly due to preparations for the Iran war.