00:00Sri Lanka has released video of its Navy personnel rescuing Iranian sailors from a warship that
00:06was sunk by a torpedo from a US submarine on Wednesday. The Sri Lankan Navy responded to
00:11a distress signal from the IRIS DINA, but by the time it arrived at the location,
00:16it said there was no sign of the ship, just patches of oil and sailors floating in the water.
00:21They recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 Iranian sailors from the vessel.
00:27The rescued mariners were taken to a hospital in the town of Gaul on Sri Lanka's southern coast.
00:32The warship had participated in naval exercises hosted by India,
00:37before heading out into international waters on its way home.
00:41The sinking of the IRIS DINA illustrates a US-Israeli military operation against Iran
00:46that is stretching beyond its borders. US President Donald Trump has said that
00:51one of the key objectives of the war is to wipe out Iran's Navy.
00:56IRIS DINA is out about 32ikumbe-idel
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