US-Israeli strikes have destroyed at least 11 Iranian naval vessels, images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper reveal Operation Epic Fury devastated Iran's military, sinking 30-plus ships and cutting missile attacks 90%.

Sri Lanka is bringing more than 200 sailors from an Iranian ship ashore after the vessel sought assistance near the Indian Ocean island nation.

A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters. Whether the strike was justified, whether survivors should have been rescued and whether the war is even legal remain open questions.

Iran may not have one of the biggest navies in the world, but it does have quite a lot of ships nonetheless. Here's what kinds of vessels the country owns.

By Uditha Jayasinghe GALLE, Sri Lanka, March 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan authorities said on Friday they were escorting a second Iranian naval vessel to harbour and moving 208 of its crew to a camp, two days after a U.

An Iranian ship had been invited by India to take part in peacetime naval exercises with dozens of other countries, days before it was sunk in a U.S. submarine attack.

Officials in New Delhi say that an Iranian warship that was sunk by a U.S. submarine near Sri Lanka had participated in naval exercises hosted by India before heading out into international waters in the Indian Ocean on its way home.

The torpedoing by a U.S. submarine of an Iranian naval vessel in the Indian Ocean "crossed the line" with Tehran saying all bets were now off.

Sri Lanka said its navy rescued 32 survivors after a U.S. torpedo sunk Iranian warship IRIS Dena with 180 aboard. Crews recover 87 bodies from the wreckage.

The Revolutionary Guards maintain their own naval unit that focuses mainly on guerrilla-style naval warfare in the Persian Gulf, including operations with small, fast, and heavily armed boats.