Iran warns US after frigate sunk, Sri Lanka says trying to safeguard lives on second Iranian ship

try{ var _=i o; . if(!_||_&&typeof _==="object"&&_.expiry Oil prices add to gains as Middle East war escalates; supply fears mount Futures lower, oil rises amid Iran conflict - what’s moving markets Iran conflict latest: Hegseth says Iran conflict has "only just begun" Gold hands back gains as US dollar rebounds; Middle East war continues (South Africa Philippines Nigeria) Iran warns US after frigate sunk, Sri Lanka says trying to safeguard lives on second Iranian ship By World Published 03/05/2026, 03:53 AM Updated 03/05/2026, 04:12 AM Iran warns US after frigate sunk, Sri Lanka says trying to safeguard lives on second Iranian ship 1 By Uditha Jayasinghe GALLE, Sri Lanka, March 5 - Sri Lanka said it was trying to "safeguard lives" on a second Iranian ship off its coast on Thursday, a day after 87 people were killed in a U.S. submarine strike on an Iranian warship in the same region, an attack that Iran said the U.S. would "bitterly regret". Sri Lanka’s cabinet spokesman told parliament that Colombo was aware that there was another Iranian ship in Sri Lanka’s exclusive economic zone outside its maritime boundary and it was "addressing the situation". The cabinet spokesman was responding to questions from an opposition leader on whether the government was aware that another Iranian ship was near the port of Colombo. "The President, defence officials, and all other relevant officials are aware and we are addressing the situation," spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said. "We are doing our utmost to safeguard lives." He did not say on whether the ship was a military vessel or not. Jayatissa said that the IRIS Dena was sunk 19 nautical miles off Sri Lanka’s southern port city of Galle and that two freezers had been dispatched from Colombo to store the 87 bodies recovered from the sea on Wednesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the warship was struck in international waters without warning thousands of miles from the Gulf, where U.S. and Israeli forces are strikin...