{"id":72438,"date":"2026-03-10T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/03\/10\/two-iranian-warships-take-sanctuary-in-india-and-sri-lanka\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:19:43","slug":"two-iranian-warships-take-sanctuary-in-india-and-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2026\/03\/10\/two-iranian-warships-take-sanctuary-in-india-and-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Iranian warships take sanctuary in India and Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI \u2014 Two Iranian warships have docked in India and Sri Lanka after a U.S. submarine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/03\/04\/us-submarine-sinks-iranian-ship-in-first-torpedo-kill-since-wwii-pentagon-confirms\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/03\/04\/us-submarine-sinks-iranian-ship-in-first-torpedo-kill-since-wwii-pentagon-confirms\/\">torpedoed an Iranian warship<\/a> in the Indian Ocean just off Sri Lanka\u2019s coast last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sinking of the Iris Dena on March 4th was the first military strike outside the Middle East since the war began, and analysts say it raised concerns that the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran could widen beyond the Persian Gulf if it drags on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also became a diplomatic embarrassment for New Delhi, which had hosted the sunken vessel for peacetime multilateral naval drills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three Iranian ships \u2014 the two vessels that are now in India and Sri Lanka as well as the torpedoed ship \u2014 were sailing in the Indian Ocean after participating in the exercises along India\u2019s east coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South Asian countries have called their decision to permit the ships to enter their ports a \u201chumanitarian\u201d gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told parliament Monday the Iranian ship Iris Lavan sailed into the southern port of Kochi last week after it reported a technical problem. Its crew, mostly young cadets, have been housed at Indian naval facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that the government believed \u201cit was the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sri Lanka, an Indian Ocean island country lying southeast of India, took control of Iran\u2019s Irins Bushehr and offloaded some 288 crew members at Trincomalee port after the ship had sought assistance saying one of its engines malfunctioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day earlier, its navy rescued 32 sailors and recovered 87 bodies from the sunken Dena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South Asian country has stressed its neutrality after finding itself caught in the conflict saying it would take no sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India, which has friendly ties with all parties in the conflict \u2014 the U.S., Israel and Iran \u2014 has steered clear of explicitly supporting or condemning any side since the hostilities erupted. Neither has made any official comment on the sinking of the Dena. Foreign Minister Jaishankar has only said that the ships were caught \u201con the wrong side of events.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington has vowed to destroy Iran\u2019s military capabilities, including its navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn American submarine sank an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,\u201d U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated last week, calling it a \u201cquiet death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship was torpedoed in international waters, but the U.S. attack on the vessel close to Sri Lanka raised questions about the expanding scope of the military campaign against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo far we had assumed the conflict was confined to the Persian Gulf. But when the ship was sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka, which is 3000 kilometers away, the implication was that there are chances of the conflict spreading,\u201d said Arun Prakash, a former Indian navy chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPerhaps it was also a message to India and others \u2013 after all the ship was no direct threat to the U.S. \u2014 that the U.S. has an extensive reach and can strike wherever it wants,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The naval exercises hosted by India, in which 74 countries and 18 foreign warships participated, intended to showcase its influence in its maritime neighborhood. New Delhi, which has been building its naval prowess, has often stated its ambitions to become the \u201cpreferred security partner\u201d in the Indian Ocean, which is also a crucial artery for seaborne oil trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But analysts said that Dena\u2019s sinking had cast a shadow over India\u2019s regional aspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis episode demonstrates that we are not really the sentinels of the Indian Ocean \u2014 it shows the gap between India\u2019s rhetorical position and the reality. Even though New Delhi was not obliged to protect the ship which the U.S. struck in international waters, there was an ethical dimension because the ship had been its guest,\u201d according to Manoj Joshi, distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The targeting of the vessel also showed that the defense partnership which New Delhi and Washington have been cultivating in recent years remains \u201casymmetrical\u201d and has limits, Joshi said. \u201cWhen push comes to shove, the U.S. does what it feels like. Even in the Indian Ocean, it operates as it wants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh, who was in New Delhi last week, said that India must ask the United States why it is targeting Iranian ships in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran and the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/03\/09\/us-iran-spar-over-status-of-iranian-warship-sunk-by-submarine\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/03\/09\/us-iran-spar-over-status-of-iranian-warship-sunk-by-submarine\/\">have sparred<\/a> over whether the Dena was a legitimate wartime target. 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