According to Aragchi, "The US committed a crime at sea, being 2000 miles from the Iranian shore. The frigate 'Dena', which was visiting the Indian Navy and had nearly 130 sailors on board, was attacked in international waters without warning." He also added, "Remember my words: the US will regret the precedent they have set," the minister wrote on his account on the social network X.
The day after the incident, it became known that a US submarine attacked the Iranian frigate 'Dena' off the southern coast of Sri Lanka in international waters of the Indian Ocean. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth confirmed that "the American submarine sank the Iranian warship, which believed it was safe in international waters." According to Sri Lankan authorities, as a result of the attack, 87 people died, 32 were rescued, and 60 are missing.
