Armed or not? US and Iran disagree on status of Iranian ship sunk by submarine

By SHEIKH SAALIQ NEW DELHI (AP) — The United States and Iran have offered starkly different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week. Washington rejected Tehran's claim that the vessel was unarmed, and Iranian officials insisted it was operating in a non-combatant role. The US Indo-Pacific Command on Sunday rejected Iran's claim that the IRIS Dena warship was unarmed when it was sunk in a submarine attack in international waters off Sri Lanka on March 4. In a statement on X, INDOPACOM called Iran's assertion that the vessel was unarmed “false.” The response c

By SHEIKH SAALIQ NEW DELHI (AP) — The United States and Iran have offered starkly different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week. Washington rejected Tehran's claim that the vessel was unarmed, and Iranian officials insisted it was operating in a non-combatant role. The US Indo-Pacific Command on Sunday rejected Iran's claim that the IRIS Dena warship was unarmed when it was sunk in a submarine attack in international waters off Sri Lanka on March 4. In a statement on X, INDOPACOM called Iran's assertion that the vessel was unarmed “false.” The response c