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The Iranian Navy's warship Jamaran accidentally hit the Konarak auxiliary ship during training.

Axar.az reports that the statement came from the Iranian Navy.

It is reported that the incident took place in the Persian Gulf.

At least one serviceman was reported killed and several others were injured in the incident.

An investigation is underway.

Vahid Hajipur, an employee of the "Javan" newspaper of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, claimed on his social network account that 40 servicemen were killed in the incident.

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An incident on the Iranian Navy's Konarak submarine has killed 19 servicemen.

The statement came from the Iranian army.

As a result of the incident, 15 people were injured.