A day after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate, the Iris Dena, another ship from the Islamic country, is heading towards Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, Sri Lankan Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa told the country’s parliament on Thursday. The minister, however, didn’t provide any further details.

Sri Lankan MP Namal Rajapaksa later claimed that the Iranian ship is in the Island nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone and has made an “urgent port call”.

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“It has been brought to our notice that another Iranian vessel is in Sri Lanka’s Exclusive Economic Zone, just outside our territorial waters, and has sought the government’s permission to make an urgent port call. However, it is yet awaiting the government’s clearance,” the MP wrote on X.

The MP urged the Sri Lankan government to reveal its stance on the matter. “If it is unable to make a decision, it should refer to the decision made by Madam Sirimavo Bandaranaike during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 when she adopted a neutral policy allowing a Pakistani aircraft to refuel at the BIA after India closed its airspace to Pakistani aircraft in response to the conflict,” he added.

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The development comes a day after the US sank and torpedoed the IRIS Dena, which was in the Sri Lankan waters in the Indian Ocean after returning from a military exercise in India’s Visakhapatnam.

At least 87 sailors were killed in the attack, and several others were feared dead. The Sri Lankan navy rescued 32 sailors.

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth called it a “huge win” for Washington, asserting that America is winning “decisively, devastatingly and without mercy.” “Under the direct command of President Trump, the War Department unleashed this operation early Saturday morning,” he said.

The US, alongside Israel, attacked Iran last weekend, killing the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several other top political and military leaders.

In response, Iran vowed to avenge Khamenei’s killing and launched retaliatory strikes on US and Israeli targets. Tehran struck US assets in several Gulf nations, sparking a wider Middle East conflict.