Sri Lanka recovers 87 bodies from Iranian warship sunk by a US submarine

Iranian warship Iris Dena is seen in the Bay of Bengal (AP)

A US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka’s navy said on Wednesday it recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people.

The Iranian vessel that was sunk in the Indian Ocean was the Islamic Republic’s “prize ship”, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said at a Pentagon news briefing.