An American submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in international waters, the US defence secretary has said.
Pete Hegseth confirmed that an American submarine had torpedoed an Iranian warship that "thought it was safe in international waters".
Hegseth did not name the ship, but earlier at least 32 people were rescued, with many more missing, after an Iranian warship sunk of the south coast of Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan navy has since said it has recovered 87 bodies off the coast from where the warship sunk.
US-Israel strikes on Iran continued into a fifth day, with the Israeli military beginning a "broad wave" of strikes on Tehran and other major cities on Wednesday. The IDF said it was targeting the Iranian leadership and security forces.
Airstrikes have also reported in the Iranian cities of Urmiah, Isfahan and Kermanshah. Overnight, the IDF had targeted what it described as command centres used by Iran’s feared internal security forces and the Basij militia.
There appears to be little appetite for de-escalation despite killing the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei in the initial attack on Saturday. Hegseth confirmed that US operations in Iran were in their “very early” days. “Four days in, we have only just begun to fight," he said.
Blasts could be heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Wednesday morning as the IDF carried out what is the tenth series of strikes since the war began on Saturday.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
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