Sri Lanka court orders 84 sailors' bodies be handed to Iran embassy: Report

Middle East Eye · March 11, 2026 War

Sri Lanka court orders 84 sailors' bodies be handed to Iran embassy: Report A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the country's coast be handed over to the Tehran's embassy, local media reported on Wednesday. Last week, a US submarine struck the Iris Dena while it was returning from a naval exercise organised by India, killing over 80 people.

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