File image of Sri Lankan Navy sailors taking one of many injured Iranian sailors from IRIS Dena warship to a hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka, on March 4, 2026
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Sri Lanka on Friday (March 13, 2026) handed over the our bodies of 45 sailors killed in an assault on an Iranian warship off the island nation’s coast to Iran’s embassy, the officers stated.
The Chief Justice of the Peace, Sameera Dodangoda, gave the order on March 11 to the Director of the Nationwide Hospital at Karapitiya following a request by the Galle harbour police.
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Final week on Wednesday, Sri Lanka stated it had recovered 84 our bodies of Iranian sailors after the U.S. submarine assault sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off Galle on the island’s southern coast.
The ship was returning to Iran from Visakhapatnam, India, the place it had participated in a naval fleet overview train.
The 45 our bodies could be repatriated to Iran on Friday from the southern worldwide airport at Mattala, the Defence Ministry Secretary Sampath Thuiyakontha instructed reporters.
The our bodies had been dropped at the hospital together with 32 survivors from the U.S. torpedo assault final Thursday.
The Sri Lankan authorities had earlier stated they are going to be retaining the our bodies till the state of affairs would enhance in order to repatriate them.
They had been being stored beneath makeshift refrigeration because the hospital’s morgue capability was discovered insufficient.
The 32 survivors had been discharged on Sunday and despatched to the close by Sri Lankan airbase at Koggala, Galle.
Revealed – March 13, 2026 02:49 pm IST