Adijata Ziga
March 5, 2026
In a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth acknowledged the submarine strike, describing it as evidence of America’s global reach in its conflict with Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the United States it will “bitterly regret” sinking an Iranian frigate near Sri Lanka.
In a post on X early Thursday, Araghchi condemned the United States, saying it “has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores.”
The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran's shores.
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) March 5, 2026
Frigate Dena, a guest of India's Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning.
Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret precedent it has set. pic.twitter.com/cxYiI9BLUk
He said the frigate IRIS Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning.
“Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret the precedent it has set,” he added.
The U.S. Department of War released footage showing a U.S. submarine firing a torpedo at the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, sinking it off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 80 people, according to Sri Lanka’s deputy foreign minister.
In a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth acknowledged the submarine strike, describing it as evidence of America’s global reach in its conflict with Iran.
He said that an American submarine sank an Iranian warship “that thought it was safe in international waters”.
“Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II. Yesterday,” he said
The War Department will not stop until Iran’s Navy is completely and utterly destroyed. pic.twitter.com/9uGsXEXbZZ
— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW) March 4, 2026
A Sri Lankan authority told Al Jazeera the frigate IRIS Dena, located about 40 nautical miles (75km) off Galle in southern Sri Lanka, sent out a distress call between 6 am and 7 am on Wednesday (00:30 to 01:30 GMT).
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told parliament that the navy had received information that the ship was in distress, and that the government had sent ships and air force planes on a rescue mission.
But by the time Sri Lanka’s navy reached the location, there was no sign of the ship, “only some oil patches and life rafts,” navy spokesman Commander Buddhika Sampath said.
“We found people floating on the water,” Sampath concluded.
A Sri Lankan navy spokesperson said no other ship or aircraft was observed in the area where the Iranian warship sank.
A further 140 people remain missing, with 32 crew members rescued by the Sri Lankan navy off the port city of Galle.
The IRIS Dena had been returning to Iran after taking part in a multilateral naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal hosted by India.
The warship’s sinking occurred as the United States and Israel conducted air strikes on Iran for a fifth day after killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and nearly 800 other people, including dozens of schoolgirls.
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