"A second Iranian ship has been reported in waters close to Sri Lanka and has sought emergency permission to dock, a day after a US submarine sank an Iranian frigate killing more than 80 people onboard. The Sri Lankan minister Nalinda Jayatissa told parliament that another Iranian vessel was sailing close to Sri Lanka's territorial waters on Thursday morning."
"On Tuesday, a US torpedo destroyed the Iris Dena, an Iranian warship, as it headed back home after taking part in a military training exercise in India. The deadly submarine attack quickly sank the vessel and killed at least 87 sailors."
"The targeting of the Iris Dena marked an escalation of the US-Israeli assault on Iran which began over the weekend and was the first incident of the conflict to spread beyond the Middle East. In the first Iranian response to the attack, the country's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the US would bitterly regret the attack."
A second Iranian ship, a logistical pipe-laying vessel with over 100 crew members, approached Sri Lankan territorial waters and requested emergency docking at Colombo port for engine repairs. This occurred one day after a US submarine destroyed the Iranian frigate Iris Dena with a torpedo, killing at least 87 sailors as it returned from military exercises in India. The incident represents the first expansion of US-Israeli military operations against Iran beyond the Middle East region. Sri Lankan officials convened to address the situation and determine whether to grant the vessel docking permission. Iran's foreign minister condemned the attack as an atrocity committed in international waters far from Iranian shores, warning the US would regret the action.
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