Truth or Fake - After US attacks, is Iran's navy on the brink?
France 24
by Emerald MAXWELLMarch 4, 2026
On Wednesday, American Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters. The Pentagon says one of the main aims of the US-Israeli war against Iran, launched Saturday, is to wipe out the country's navy, and on Wednesday the US claimed to have “effectively neutralised Iran’s major naval presence”. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we look at what we know about the state of the Iranian navy now.
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Originally published on France 24 on 3/4/2026