{"id":19093,"date":"2026-03-05T05:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19093"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:51:17","slug":"iranian-ship-sunk-off-sri-lanka-after-suspected-submarine-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/03\/05\/iranian-ship-sunk-off-sri-lanka-after-suspected-submarine-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian ship sunk off Sri Lanka after suspected Submarine attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: An Iranian vessel was reportedly struck by a submarine in coastal waters off Sri Lanka, according to international media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reuters cited officials from Sri Lanka\u2019s Ministry of Defense and Navy on Wednesday, that at least one person aboard the Iranian ship was killed, 78 were wounded, and 101 others were reported missing following the attack. The vessel has reportedly sunk, and it remains unclear who was responsible for the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Sri Lankan naval source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that 79 individuals had been rescued and transferred to hospitals, one of whom was in critical condition. The source added that 101 people were believed to be missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a Sri Lankan Navy spokesperson denied reports that 101 passengers were missing, stating that only 32 individuals had been hospitalized with injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident comes as fighting between Iran, the United States, and Israel enters its fifth consecutive day across land, sea, and air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: An Iranian vessel was reportedly struck by a submarine in coastal waters off Sri Lanka, according to international media reports. Reuters cited officials from Sri Lanka\u2019s Ministry of Defense and Navy on Wednesday, that at least one person aboard the Iranian ship was killed, 78 were wounded, and 101 others were reported missing following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19096,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093\/revisions\/19096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}