Iranian frigate Dena attacked by submarine near India; 32 crew members injured, rescued, and hospitalized.
Attack Details
The attacked vessel is the Iranian frigate Dena, which was returning from military exercises near India. A Sri Lankan navy spokesman denied reports of over 100 missing people that emerged after the attack.
According to unofficial reports, the attack was carried out by an American submarine.
Rescue Operations
The Sri Lankan navy responded to the distress call from the ship and began a rescue operation at 6 AM local time, as stated by Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath.
The Sri Lankan navy rescued 32 injured people in this incident, who are being treated in hospital. Earlier reports indicated that 79 people had been rescued and taken to hospital, with one seriously injured, and another 101 people believed missing with the ship sunk.
Regional Conflict Context
The ongoing war in the Middle East aims, among other things, to carry out a decapitation plan – depriving Iran of its leader and limiting the autonomy of the current regime.
During the first wave of Israeli airstrikes, the former supreme leader Ali Khamenei and dozens of high-ranking officials were eliminated.
Sri Lanka Situation
Sri Lanka has the fourth oil resources in the world, but one-third of the population lives below the poverty line. It is a conservative regime where the fertility rate is 1.6 and the average family has 3 people.
The country suffers from blackouts and water bankruptcies, but Iranians have invented equivalents of almost all technological novelties.
