Trump claims that all of Iran's defenses have been destroyed. 32 survivors of torpedoed ship were treated in Sri Lanka

US President Donald Trump said in an interview with ABC television today that the US military had destroyed the Iranian military fleet, DPA reported.

The US sank 44 of their ships, “their entire fleet“, Trump said.

This information cannot be independently confirmed, DPA notes.

Paralyzing the entire Iranian fleet is one of the stated goals of the US military in its war against Iran.

The US also paralyzed the Iranian air force, Trump said.

“We destroyed their entire aviation. Their air defense systems have been destroyed. They have absolutely no defense,” he added.

Iran’s Tasnim news agency, which is close to the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that 104 crew members were killed in the US attack on the frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean 19 nautical miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, and another 20 people were missing.

According to the report, 32 surviving crew members are being treated for their wounds in a Sri Lankan hospital. According to media reports, the ship was fired upon and sunk by a US Navy submarine last week.

French President Emmanuel Macron held phone calls with his US counterpart Donald Trump and Iranian President Massoud Pezizkian on Sunday, ahead of his trip to Cyprus on Monday to "strengthen security" around the EU member state in the eastern Mediterranean, Agence France-Presse reported.

"I stressed the need for Iran to immediately cease its attacks on countries in the region," the French president said – the first Western leader to speak to his Iranian counterpart since the outbreak of the war.

“Iran must also guarantee freedom of navigation by ending the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz“, he added.

The two heads of state agreed to continue to maintain contact, TASS reported.

After the conversation, Macron wrote on the social network Ex that he had expressed to Pezeshkian “his serious concern about the development of Iran's nuclear and missile programs, as well as its destabilizing actions in the region, which lie at the heart of the current conflict“.

“A diplomatic solution is needed today more than ever to address these key challenges, end the escalation and preserve peace“, the French president added.

No details have been released yet. about the nature of the conversation with Trump, AFP notes.

The Foreign Ministers of Russia and the United Arab Emirates, Sergei Lavrov and Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, held a telephone conversation and called for an immediate de-escalation of military actions in the Middle East, drawing attention to the need to stop attacks on civilian targets, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported, quoted by TASS.

„The ministers expressed deep concern about the situation around Iran and spoke in favor of immediate steps to de-escalate military actions. Attention was drawn to the need to stop the attacks that lead to civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure in both the Gulf Arab countries and Iran," the statement said.

It added that the two agreed on the importance of renewing political and diplomatic efforts to coordinate arrangements to ensure lasting security in the region.

According to the Russian Ministry's statement, the foreign ministers of Russia and the UAE agreed to remain in contact and come up with coordinated positions at the UN and other international platforms.