Iranian frigate #IRIS_Dena was sailing from Vizag after IFR to Cochin port for refueling, when an invasive US SSN ambushed the unsuspecting and possibly unarmed vessel. As the host nation, it was #India's responsibility to protect them until they left India's maritime theater.

Instead, #GoI publicly disowned the stricken vessel in what can only be described as a shameful and dishonorable betrayal of an ally and an abject surrender to a bully that invaded our maritime theater.

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Iranian frigate #IRIS_Dena that was torpedoed by a US SSN off-coast Sri Lanka, was sailing after a Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam, India. The lethal attack occurred well within Sri Lanka and India's maritime security theater.

Such aggression near neutral hosts is not a strategy preferred by nations that value relations based on diplomacy and respect for sovereignty. It's an ominous signature move of a state that believes in hegemony through military might.

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