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Why did the US torpedo Iran’s ‘prize’ warship?

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Sri Lanka is evacuating sailors from an Iranian ship, just two days after the US sunk Iran’s prize destroyer off the coast of Galle, killing more than 100 sailors. But why target the IRIS Dena? Soraya Lennie explains.

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