Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, posted on X Wednesday that the U.S. will come to regret its decision to send the IRIS Dena, a frigate that was sailing in international waters near Sri Lanka, to the bottom, killing at least 87.
Araghchi said the U.S. committed an atrocity “2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores.” He said the ship had been carrying nearly 130 sailors and was hit in international waters “without warning.”
“Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret precedent it has set,” heposted.
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Pete Hegseth, the head of the Department of War, confirmed the strike and said it was carried out by a submarine. He said it seemed the ship’s crew assumed they were safe in international waters.
“It was sunk by a torpedo, a quiet death – the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II,” he told reporters, stating that the strike occurred late Tuesday. “Like in that war, back when we were still the war department, we are fighting to win.”
Sri Lanka’s Coast Guard managed to rescue 32 people stranded after the ship sank.
Wes Bryant, a former U.S. Air Force special operations targeting expert, spoke toThe Guardianand noted that the ship had been returning after a naval exercise in India. He said the ship did not appear to be a threat.
“By targeting it, is the Trump administration saying that the imminent threat is all of Iran’s government and military? If so, that’s an incredibly dangerous example of military overreach,” he told the paper.
Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that the ship was destroyed by a Mark 48 torpedo launched from a U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine,Military.comreported.
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