Iranian naval ship is docked at port in Kochi, India’s foreign minister confirms

India’s foreign minister said Saturday that an Iranian naval vessel has docked in India after a U.S. submarine sank another Iranian warship and a separate vessel sought assistance from Sri Lanka.Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the Iranian vessel IRIS Lavan is currently docked in the southern city of Kochi after India granted permission when the ship reported “having problems” on March 1. 
“I think it was the humane thing to do,” Jaishankar said, according to the Associated Press.
A U.S. submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Another Iranian vessel, the IRIS Bushehr, requested assistance from Sri Lanka, where more than 200 sailors were brought ashore.
Both ships had previously participated in naval exercises hosted by India, though Jaishankar said they got “caught on the wrong side of events” once the war began.

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