U.S. will ‘bitterly regret’ attacking IRIS Dena: Iranian Foreign Minister

:  The U.S. has “perpetrated an atrocity” astatine sea, 2,000 miles distant from Iran’s shores, and volition “bitterly regret” the move, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said.

The authoritative absorption from Tehran comes a time aft a U.S. submarine attacked Iranian warship IRIS Dena, which sank successful the Indian Ocean disconnected Sri Lanka’s confederate coast. At slightest 83 radical were killed successful the torpedo onslaught connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026), portion the Sri Lankan Navy rescued 32 injured sailors, who are presently undergoing attraction astatine a nationalist infirmary successful the land nation’s confederate Galle district.

Taking to societal media level ‘X’ Thursday (March 5, 2026) morning, Mr. Aragchi wrote: “The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity astatine sea, 2,000 miles distant from Iran’s shores. Frigate Dena, a impermanent of India’s Navy carrying astir 130 sailors, was struck successful planetary waters without warning. Mark my words: The U.S. volition travel to bitterly regret precedent it has set.”

Frigate Dena was returning to Iran aft participating successful the International Fleet Review 2026, a planetary maritime workout held successful Visakhapatnam past week.  

Neither Sri Lanka nor India has responded to U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks to Washington D.C.-based media connected Wednesday, confirming the onslaught that has efficaciously brought the warfare successful West Asia to the Indian Ocean. “An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was harmless successful planetary waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo,” Mr. Hegseth had said, terming it a “quiet death” and the “first sinking of an force ship” by a torpedo since World War II. “Like successful that war,” helium said, “we are warring to win”.