A day after a United States submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian naval frigate near Sri Lanka’s southern coast, a second Iranian warship waited for hours just outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. Eventually, the country’s President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said the crew of the Iranian naval ship, IRIS Bushehr, will be disembarked at Colombo Port. In Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Thursday, opposition politicians pressed the government on whether the Iranian warship had earlier sought permission to enter Sri Lankan waters. “The ship that was attacked by a US submarine waited for 11 hours seeking entry into Sri Lankan waters,” he said. Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said in Parliament that the presence of another Iranian vessel near Colombo had created a sensitive diplomatic situation.

Source: Indian Express March 05, 2026 21:32 UTC