An Iranian warship has sunk off Sri Lanka following an apparent submarine attack leaving nearly 150 sailors feared dead in the Indian Ocean. IRIS Dena was hit by an ‘explosion’ around 25 miles south of the island which a military source said was the result of submarine fire. Meanwhile an Iranian missile heading towards Turkey has been destroyed by NATO as violence from the US-Israel war with Iran spreads beyond the Middle East.
Israel has vowed to assassinate Iran’s next supreme leader as the country decides who will succeed Ayatollah Khamenei whose funeral in Tehran has been postponed today amid new airstrikes in the capital. Overnight Iranian drones attacked the US consulate in Dubai , causing it to catch fire, while a missile also struck America’s largest military base in Qatar. Meanwhile Saudi Arabia has confirmed its Ras Tanura oil refinery has been targeted in another attempted drone strike.
