The final voyage of the Iranian warship sunk by the US
The sinking of an Iranian ship by the US near Sri Lanka brings the conflict uncomfortably close to India.
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"thought it was safe in international waters but instead died a quiet death."
— Pete Hegseth , Executive
"The war has come to our doorsteps. That is not a good thing."
— Arun Kumar Singh , Academic
"more than a battlefield episode - calling it a strategic embarrassment for Delhi."
— Brahma Chellaney , Academic
"Targeting a military vessel is not a war crime."
— Marko Milanovic , Academic
"It doesn’t matter that it wasn’t firing at the time."
— Rachel VanLandingham , Academic
"The attack may not violate the law of war, but that’s only the start of the analysis."
— Brian Finucane , Academic
"the strike on the Iranian warship was the 'first such attack on an enemy since World War II'"
— Pete Hegseth , Executive
"the navy received information that the ship was in distress"
— Vijitha Herath , Politician
Key People
Ali Khamenei was the Supreme Leader of Iran until his death.
Arun Kumar Singh is a retired Vice Admiral of the Indian Navy.
Brahma Chellaney is an Indian strategic affairs expert.
Brian Finucane served in the State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser for a decade.
Spokesperson for the Sri Lankan navy.
Marko Milanovic is a professor of international law at the University of Reading in Britain.
Pete Hegseth is the United States Secretary of Defense.
Rachel VanLandingham is a professor at Southwestern Law School and a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
Sri Lanka's foreign affairs minister who addressed the situation regarding the sinking.
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The sinking of an Iranian ship by the US near Sri Lanka brings the conflict uncomfortably close to India.
Following the U.S. sinking of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka’s coast, the Sri Lankan Navy took custody of another Iranian vessel, the IRIS Bushehr, which had requested assistance due to engine failure. Over 200 sailors from the Bushehr were brought ashore for medical checks and border procedures, while 15 remained onboard with Sri Lankan assistance. The Bushehr had been participating in naval exercises before the incident.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a U.S. submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena in international waters off Sri Lanka's coast. The attack resulted in the deaths of at least 87 Iranian sailors and has intensified tensions in the region.
Legal experts have concluded that a recent U.S. submarine attack on the Iranian warship IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean did not violate international or American military law. The attack, which occurred near Sri Lanka and resulted in 87 deaths and 32 rescues, targeted a legitimate military vessel, according to multiple legal scholars, despite the ship's non-aggressive status at the time and its participation in naval exercises hosted by India.
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