India, March 4 -- In another major blow to Iran, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, stating that the Iranian navy "rests at the bottom of the Persian Gulf" and that it was "ineffective, decimated, destroyed.pick your adjective, it is no more."

In a Tuesday briefing, he stated that an American submarine in the Indian Ocean sank an Iranian warship that believed it was secure in international waters.

"Instead it was sunk by a torpedo, a quiet death - the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II. Like in that war, back when we were still the war department, we are fighting to win."

While Hegseth did not identify the vessel, the Sri Lankan navy p...