US submarine sinks Iranian warship in Indian Ocean
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Pentagon has released footage of a US submarine firing on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean and sinking it. Earlier, the Sri Lankan Navy picked up a distress call from the IRIS Dena. Sri Lankan police and defence officials say 87 bodies have been recovered from the water, and 67 sailors are still missing. Also: Iran carries out missile and drone attacks on several countries as Israel and the US continue to strike targets in Iran; we report from eastern Turkey where some Iranians have been crossing the border; and could Kurdish forces lead an insurgency to help topple the government in Tehran?
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| 0:34.4 | The United States has sunk in Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka. Iran has |
| 0:39.9 | carried out further attacks on several countries as Israel and the U.S. continue to strike |
| 0:45.3 | Iranian targets. Funeral ceremonies for Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Hamanae that were due |
| 0:51.9 | to begin today have been postponed. |
| 1:02.7 | Also in this podcast, we hear from Iranians who fled across the border to Turkey to escape the war. |
| 1:08.0 | There's a lot of chaos in the city, a lot of missiles and attacks. |
| 1:14.8 | We hear some things, some collisions outside of the city, sleeping in fear and waking up in stress. |
| 1:21.0 | We're focusing on the U.S. Israel War with Iran. |
| 1:24.9 | In this podcast, we'll have the latest on Iranian drone and missile attacks |
| 1:29.1 | across the Gulf region. They're happening as American and Israeli airstrikes on Iran continue. |
| 1:35.4 | We'll also be hearing from BBC Persian about the situation on the ground in Tehran. |
| 1:39.6 | But first, the U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegset says a torpedo fired by a U.S. submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. |
| 1:49.7 | In fact, yesterday in the Indian Ocean, and we'll play it on the screen there, an American submarine sunk in Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. |
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