'Trying to safeguard lives': Sri Lanka evacuates 2nd Iranian warship

Sri Lanka evacuated 208 unit members of an Iranian navy vas connected Thursday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a time aft a US submarine struck and sank different Iranian frigate nether its Operation Epic Fury against the Islamic Republic.According to Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's navy volition besides instrumentality implicit the 2nd vas and displacement it to the northeastern larboard of Trincomalee for harmless keeping amid fears that could beryllium a people for attack.Also Read | 'Responded to distress call, rescue op ongoing': India connected Iran vessel sunk by US disconnected Sri Lanka coastThe vessel was identified arsenic IRIS Bushehr, which was carrying astir 300 unit and cadets.It was feared that this vas could beryllium targeted the aforesaid mode a sister vas was sunk by a US submarine conscionable disconnected Sri Lanka's confederate seashore connected Wednesday.

The sinking of IRIS Dena came arsenic the warfare sparked by a associated US-Israel onslaught connected Iran continued to dispersed crossed the Middle East and beyond.Iran's overseas curate Abbas Araghchi denounced the onslaught and warned Washington it would "bitterly regret" establishing specified a precedent."The US has perpetrated an atrocity astatine sea, 2,000 miles distant from Iran's shores. Frigate Dena, a impermanent of India's Navy carrying astir 130 sailors, was struck successful planetary waters without warning," helium posted connected X.

"Mark my words: The US volition travel to bitterly regret precedent it has set."Also Read | 'Will bitterly regret': Iran warns US aft IRIS Dena, 'Indian Navy’s guest', sunk by torpedoSri Lanka's Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said helium spoke with Araghchi connected Wednesday to "express sedate concern" implicit the escalation of hostilities and called for diplomatic dialogue.Sri Lanka earlier said that determination were 180 radical connected committee the vessel -- much than the Iranian fig -- erstwhile it was struck by a torpedo, successful what US defence caput Pete Hegseth called "quiet death."Medical unit said 32 rescued Iranians were inactive being treated nether choky information provided by constabulary and elite commandos astatine the hospital, adding that the walking wounded would beryllium discharged soon.(With AFP inputs)