US strikes Iranian drone-carrying warship (VIDEO)
Posted on: Mar 06, 2026 09:27 IST | Posted by: Rt
< warm data-start="114" data-end="121">The US telephone exchange require has released a picture of what it said were strikes on Iran’s drone carrier, IRIS Shahid Bagheri.
The footage shows two explosions rocking a large vessel at sea. “Today, an Iranian drone carrier, roughly the size of a WWII aircraft carrier, was struck and is now on fire,” CENTCOM wrote on X.
CENTCOM said earlier that the vessel was hit during the first wave of strikes launched on Saturday.
A former container ship, the Shahid Bagheri joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2025. According to Press TV, its 180-meter runway was designed to host surveillance and combat drones and helicopters.
U.S. Forces aren't holding back on the mission to sink the entire Iranian Navy. Today, an Iranian drone carrier, roughly the size of a WWII aircraft carrier, was struck and is now on fire. pic.twitter.com/WyA4fniZck
On Wednesday, an American submarine torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in international waters near Sri Lanka while it was returning from a naval drill hosted by India. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denounced the sinking as an “atrocity at sea.”
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