His testimony, shared in a video released by the Iranian Embassy in India, offers one of the first personal glimpses into the final hours of the IRIS Dena - a survivor’s account marked by shock, endurance, and tells a lot about a crew that refused to abandon their post until the very end.
India allowed an Iranian naval vessel to dock in Kochi after technical trouble, Jaishankar says, stressing humanitarian considerations and warning that many cargo ships attacked at sea have Indian crew.
The frigate was returning from India after participating in MILAN-2026, a multilateral naval exercise hosted by New Delhi in Visakhapatnam, before it was torpedoed by a US submarine, killing at least 87 sailors. The exercise reportedly required the ship to follow "peace protocol".
