US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.
The Pentagon has released footage of the torpedo strike.
According to BBC News, about 180 people are thought to have been on board the Iris Dena, with 32 rescued and 80 bodies found so far.
In other developments:
- US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said more forces will be arriving in the Middle East, adding that the U.S. “will take all the time we need to make sure that we succeed.” (AP)
- The UK is sending a warship to the eastern Mediterranean after attacks on a British base in Cyprus (BBC News)
- Israel says it has hit “security headquarters” across Tehran and a three-day funeral ceremony for Iran’s ex-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been postponed (BBC News)
- Turkiye says a ballistic missile fired Iran was destroyed by NATO air and missile defence systems in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The target of the missile was not immediately clear (Al Jazeera)
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs has rejected claims that it had allowed the US Navy to use its ports in the war against Iran (Al Jazeera)
- Iran’s armed forces have threatened to target Israeli missions worldwide if Israel attacks Tehran’s mission in Lebanon (Al Jazeera)
- Malta’s Transport minister says the merchant ship MV Safeen Prestige, which flies the Maltese flag and owned by an Egyptian company, was hit by two missiles on Wednesday afternoon while passing through the Strait of Hormuz (AP)
