Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi has warned of repercussions after the U.S. struck the Iranian frigate Dena in international waters without warning.
Araqchi wrote on X today that the U.S. will bitterly regret the precedent it has set, saying the ship that came under fire in Sri Lanka was a guest of India’s navy.
Officials in Sri Lanka said 87 bodies were brought in by military rescuers who responded to an early-morning distress call from the IRIS Dena on Wednesday.
The war continues to paralyse shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but Trump has pledged to provide insurance and naval escorts for ships to contain soaring costs.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has revealed that Italy is planning to send air defence aid to Gulf countries in the face of Iranian air strikes.
Meloni told a radio station today that Like the United Kingdom, France and Germany, Italy intends to send assistance to Gulf countries, specifically in the field of defence and in particular air defence.
In the meantime missiles and drones flying from the direction of Iran fell on the territory of the airport in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan this morning.
The foreign ministry said it had summoned the Iranian ambassador and that the country reserves the right to retaliate.
