Sri Lanka takes control of Iranian vessel after US sank warship

• Sri Lanka commenced transferring over 200 sailors from the Iranian vessel IRIS Bushehr to shore after the ship sought assistance outside its waters.
• This operation follows the sinking of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena by a US submarine off Sri Lanka's coast, a rare event since World War II.
• The IRIS Dena had participated in naval exercises hosted by India before the incident.
• The Sri Lankan navy rescued 32 sailors and recovered 87 bodies from the IRIS Dena.
• Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, condemned the sinking as an 'atrocity at sea' and warned the US would 'bitterly regret' the attack.

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Sri Lanka takes control of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sunk an Iranian warship