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Stranded Iran Sailors Put Sri Lanka, India in Diplomatic Dilemma
Sri Lanka and India host 434 Iranian sailors from three vessels amid conflicting legal obligations under humanitarian law and the 1907 Hague Convention, officials said.
- Yesterday, Sri Lanka and India began sheltering 434 sailors from three Iranian naval vessels targeted by the United States during an Indian-organised exercise off Visakhapatnam.
- Sri Lanka and India say they acted on humanitarian grounds, with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stating, 'Our approach is that every life is as precious as our own'.
- The IRIS Dena was struck and sank on Wednesday with between 130 and 180 sailors aboard and at least 84 killed, while Sri Lanka rescued 32 survivors now hosted at the Koggala air force base.
- Sri Lanka is holding 251 sailors separately, with IRIS Bushehr and its 219 crew interned under the 1907 Hague Convention at a naval base north of Colombo while 15 remain onboard assisting the navy.
- Legal teams are scouring conventions as Colombo asked the ICRC, while media reports say Washington pressed Sri Lanka not to repatriate some Iranians, and the US State Department said their fate is up to Colombo.
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Stranded Iran sailors put Sri Lanka, India in diplomatic dilemma
Sri Lanka and India are providing sanctuary to 434 sailors from three Iranian naval vessels targeted or threatened by the United States, a diplomatic conundrum as the war spills into the Indian Ocean.
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