Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed that 84 sailors were killed and 20 remain missing following an attack on the Iranian warship 'Dena', condemning the strike as an 'anti-human crime.'
Senior Iranian official Dr. Ali Larijani released a handwritten message praising the "martyrdom" of Iranian Navy personnel from the warship Dena, framing their deaths as sacrifices in the struggle against "international oppressors."