US EditionTwo Iranian Warships Take Sanctuary in India and Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan court acted on a police request to return bodies of 84 sailors from the IRIS Dena torpedo attack to Iran's embassy, with 32 survivors reported.
- On Wednesday, Galle Chief Magistrate Sameera Dodangoda ordered the hospital director to hand over the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors to the Iranian embassy following a request by the Harbour Police.
- During its return from a naval exercise in Visakhapatnam, the IRIS Dena was hit by a torpedo from a US submarine, according to reports of the incident.
- Hospital officials say the remains are kept in two freezer containers at Galle National Hospital because the morgue lacked capacity, and 32 survivors were discharged on Sunday to the Sri Lanka Air Force base at Koggala, Galle.
- Welisara naval facility will later receive the bodies, where 204 sailors from IRIS Bushehr have been staying since last Friday, and the foreign ministry says, 'We are expecting a response from Tehran over the next few days.'
- Reports say Washington pressed Colombo not to repatriate survivors amid the US‑Israeli war on Iran, while Sri Lanka granted 30-day entry visas to 208 crew and IRIS Lavan remains nearby.
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Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iran sailors’ bodies to Iran embassy
A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation's coast last week be handed over to the embassy of Iran, local media reported on Wednesday. The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit by a torpedo from a US submarine while it was returning from a naval exercise organised by India, amid the US-Israeli war on Iran that has wreaked havoc on global markets, sent oil prices soaring, and…
Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors' bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says
A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation's coast last week be handed over to the embassy of Iran, local media reported on Wednesday. The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit by a torpedo from a US submarine while it was returning from a naval exercise organised by India, amid the US-Israeli war on Iran that has wreaked havoc on global markets, sent oil prices soaring,…
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