Sri Lanka will take control of a second Iranian vessel in its waters and move it to the northeastern port of Trincomalee because of technical problems and rising regional tensions, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on national television.
Security concerns in the area have been escalated since a US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka this week, with 32 sailors rescued and more than 100 missing or dead. The episode was the first time since World War II that an American submarine had attacked a surface vessel, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.