US Navy sinks second Iranian ship as over 200 crew rescued near Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka began offloading 208 unit members from a 2nd Iranian vas a time aft 87 radical were killed and respective others were inactive missing pursuing a U.S. submarine onslaught connected an Iranian warship successful the aforesaid region.

"After elaborate discussions with each parties, Sri Lanka has decided to assistance the Iranian vessel," Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told reporters astatine a property briefing successful Colombo, Reuters reported.

Among the unit members being offloaded the ship, which is adjacent the larboard of Colombo, were 53 officials, 84 cadets, 48 elder sailors and 23 sailors, Dissanayake said.

Iranian warship IRIS Dena is seen successful the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo)

The Iranian ship, the IRIS Dena, was sunk Wednesday disconnected Sri Lanka's seashore successful the Indian Ocean. Officials determination person dispatched 2 freezers to store 87 bodies recovered astatine sea. 

An injured Iranian sailor is moved connected a stretcher astatine Galle National Hospital, wherever the sailors are receiving treatment, pursuing a submarine onslaught on the Iranian subject ship, IRIS Dena, off the seashore of Sri Lanka, successful Galle, Sri Lanka, March 5, 2026. (Reuters/Thilina Kaluthotage)

Iran contends the vessel was sunk successful planetary waters without warning. 

"The U.S. volition bitterly regret the precedent it has set," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said successful a station connected X.

Iran has asked Sri Lanka to assistance with the repatriation of the bodies. 

Sri Lankan officials said the Dena was connected its mode location aft taking portion successful a naval workout organized by India successful the Bay of Bengal from Feb. 18 to 25.

Healthcare workers unload the bodies of Iranian sailors from a conveyance who died erstwhile their IRIS Dena warship sank extracurricular Sri Lanka's territorial waters, successful Galle, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Search and rescue operations would proceed for an estimated 10 radical who stay unaccounted for, they said.

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