Sri Lanka, March 9 -- Iran's army said Sunday that 104 crew members of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena were killed and 32 others injured in a US attack last week, Anadolu reports.

According to the state news agency IRNA, the army said the vessel was attacked by the US Navy on March 4 in the water off Sri Lanka as it was returning from the Milan Peace 2026 naval drills in India.

Washington confirmed that an American submarine launched a torpedo attack on the Iranian vessel.

Sri Lanka said it launched a joint rescue operation after receiving a distress call from the ship, off the southern coast of Galle city. It added that 32 crew members were wounded and rushed to a local hospital.

The attack occurred as the US and Israel continued large...