The United States is pressing Sri Lanka's government not to repatriate the survivors from the Iranian warship it sank this week, as well as the crew of

Days before the sinking of IRIS Dena, India granted permission for the Iranian ship IRIS Lavan to dock at Kochi port due to technical issues. This decision, made on March 1, allowed IRIS Lavan and its 183 crew members to safely shelter,

The IRIS Dena was headed back to Iran from Visakhapatnam, India, where it participated in a multination naval exercise.

Sri Lanka sent jets to rescue crew of Iranian ship 'Iris Dena' after it sounded a distress call. Sri Lanka denied that the ship was hit by a submarine attack.

Named after Mount Dena, the warship measured about 95 meters in length with a beam of nearly 11.1 metres, and an estimated draught of 3.25 metres.

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.

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.