"Mark My Words: US Will Bitterly Regret Precedent Set," Warns Iran Foreign Minister Over Navy Attack
Tehran, Iran: The Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, has warned the US that America will bitterly regret attacking an Iranian navy ship in international waters. In an X post on Thursday, Araghchi said that the US had perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores.
Asserting that the US would regret the action, the Iranian foreign minister noted that Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning.
“Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret the precedent it has set,” the Iranian leader wrote on X. The reaction comes a day after the US submarine attacked the Iranian warship IRIS Dena, sinking the vessel in the torpedo attack in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka’s southern coast, killing at least 83 people.
The Sri Lankan Navy rescued 32 injured sailors, who are currently undergoing treatment at a public hospital in the island nation’s southern Galle district. Notably, following the incident, the government of India is facing backlash from the house over whether it has any influence in the Indian Ocean.
Earlier today, India’s ministry of external affairs had denied reports of the US using Indian ports to attack Iran.
The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores.
Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning.
Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret precedent it has set. pic.twitter.com/cxYiI9BLUk
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) March 5, 2026
