Iranian army says at least 104 killed in US attack on Iranian warship last week

FILE PHOTO: A Sri Lanka Navy vessel approaches an Iranian vessel during a rescue operation, a day after the crew of a distressed Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena were assisted in waters south of Sri Lanka, off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka March 5, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

March 8 (Reuters) - ⁠The Iranian army ⁠said on Sunday ‌that at least 104 people were killed and ​32 were wounded ⁠in an ⁠attack by the U.S. ⁠on an ‌Iranian warship off ⁠Sri Lanka's coast last week.

A ​U.S. ‌submarine sank the ⁠frigate Dena ​in the Indian Ocean about 19 ⁠nautical miles off ​Sri Lanka's southern port city of Galle ⁠on Wednesday, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's ​pursuit of ⁠the Iranian navy.

(Reporting ​by Menna ‌Alaa El-Din and ​Elwely Elwely; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)