Iran held a funeral Tuesday for 19 sailors killed when a missile fired during an Iranian military training exercise this week mistakenly struck a naval vessel, the state TV reported.
The ceremony took place at a naval base in the southwestern port city of Chahbahar, about 1,400 kilometers (875 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
The bungled training exercises took place on Sunday in the waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The missile hit the navy vessel Konarak off the port of Jask in the Gulf of Oman. The Konarak, a Hendijan-class support ship taking part in the exercise, came too close to a target and the missile struck it, state TV had said. The Konarak had been putting targets out for other ships to attack.
Fifteen Iranian sailors were also wounded in the incident.