The Sinking of IRIS Dena: A Quiet Death of the Rules-Based Order

Aussie crew on US sub was sent to sleeping quarters before it sunk Iran ship

Last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted that three navy personnel were on the US submarine that torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. It has now come to light what transpired on the submarine before the US attacked IRIS Dena.

Iranian submarine sunk near Sri Lanka after naval exercise

IRIS Dena, an Iranian submarine, was sunk by a torpedo near Sri Lanka, leaving at least 87 dead. The vessel was returning from India's MILAN 2026 exercise.

The sinking of IRIS Dena: A quiet death of the rules-based order

The sinking of IRIS Dena — unarmed, post-exercise, in a neutral state’s waters — exposed a doctrine of impunity, and the quiet death of the rules-based order.

INTERVIEW | ‘IRIS Dena episode won’t dent Navy’s first responder image’

The attack that took place in international waters may not be illegal, says former director of Maritime Warfare Centre, Cmde Srikant Kesnur (Retd).

Sinking of ‘IRIS Dena’-Legally Tenable But Ethically Not

by Nilesh Kunwar Full Content Many people have endorsed Tehran’s view that the sinking of its battleship IRIS Dena with 180 people on board ...