US sub sinks Iranian warship in Indian Ocean, Hegseth says

"that thought it was safe in international waters"

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"calling for restraint and immediate de-escalation from all concerned parties"

— Vijitha Herath , Politician

"An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters."

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"the U.S. and Israel have 'only just begun' their war with Iran but declared Tehran 'is toast, and they know it.'"

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"'If anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand.'"

— Donald Trump , Politician

"Yesterday, in the Indian Ocean...an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters."

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"The Iranian warship IRIS Dena, with 180 people on board, was in distress and sinking."

— Vijitha Herath , Politician

"While we were (doing) search operations, we found people floating in the water and rescued them."

— Buddhika Sampath , Other

"An American submarine sank an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters."

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"It was sunk by a torpedo, a quiet death – the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II."

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"By 6am we dispatched a naval vessel and by 7am the second naval vessel."

— Vijitha Herath , Politician

"Yesterday, in the Indian Ocean... an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters."

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"U.S. forces had destroyed more than 20 Iranian naval vessels as part of Operation Epic Fury."

— Dan Caine , Executive

"Yesterday, in the Indian Ocean ... an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters."

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"For the first time since 1945, a United States Navy fast attack submarine has sunk an enemy combatant ship using a single Mk-48 torpedo."

— Dan Caine , Executive

"Yesterday, in the Indian Ocean ... an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters."

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"For the first time since 1945, a United States Navy fast attack submarine has sunk an enemy combatant ship using a single Mk-48 torpedo to achieve immediate effect."

— Dan Caine , Executive

"a US Navy submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena"

— Pete Hegeseth , Politician

"80 Iranian sailors have died"

— Arun Hemachandra , Politician

"the United States would 'bitterly regret' torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean."

— Mojtaba Khamenei , Politician

"the Iranian warship 'thought it was safe in international waters.'"

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran's shores."

— Abbas Araghchi , Politician

"An American submarine sank ​an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters."

— Pete Hegseth , Executive

"To hunt, find and kill an out-of-area deployer is something that only the United States can do at this type of scale."

— Dan Caine , Executive

"some senior Iranian officials want to lay down arms."

— Donald Trump , Politician