Sri Lanka, March 4 -- The Sri Lanka Navy has provided further details regarding the Iranian ship which reportedly sank off Sri Lanka's southern coast.

Sri Lanka Navy had earlier confirmed that it rescued 32 people after it received a distress call from Iranian navy ship 'IRIS Dena' early this morning.

Speaking at a special press briefing today (04), the Navy Media Spokesperson Commander Buddhika Sampath stated that the primary focus of the operation was to save lives.

"First and foremost, our priority is to rescue those who were on board the vessel in distress. Only after completing the rescue operations will we be able to conduct an investigation and issue a technical report on how this incident occurred," he said.

He further noted t...