India, March 5 -- An Iranian ship near Sri Lanka has requested for an "urgent port call", said Sri Lankan MP Namal Rajapaksa on Thursday. This urgent request from the Iranian naval vessel comes a day after Iris Dena was sunk and torpedoed by a US submarine.

"It has been brought to our notice that another Iranian vessel is in Sri Lanka's Exclusive Economic Zone, just outside our territorial waters and has sought the government's permission to make an urgent port call. However it is yet awaiting the government's clearance," the MP wrote on social media platform X. Track LIVE updates on Iris Dena sinking here

The Sri Lankan MP's statement comes after Media minister Nalinda Jayatissa said a second Iranian warship was just outside Sri Lankan...