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Colombo, March 14 Sri Lanka has repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who were killed when their frigate was sunk by a US submarine, an official said.Last week on Wednesday, Sri Lanka said it had recovered 84 bodies of Iranian sailors after the US submarine attack sank the Iranian...

New Delhi, March 13 India is expected to soon repatriate the non-essential crew members of an Iranian warship that docked in Kochi on March 4 amid the escalating military conflict between Iran and the US.Reliable sources said the Iranian sailors are set to leave India by a Turkish airline...

Colombo, March 13 – The bodies of 84 identified Iranian sailors killed in the March 4 US attack on the warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka were repatriated to Iran, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said on Friday.The bodies are being transported to Iran via a special flight that...

March 11, New Delhi — A court in Sri Lanka has ordered authorities to release the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors recovered after the sinking of the IRIS Dena off the island's southern coast.The order was issued by the Chief Magistrate of Galle following a request from local police. The...

Colombo, March 11 A Sri Lankan court ordered on Wednesday that the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a US attack on an Iranian vessel off the island nation's coast be handed over to Iran's embassy.Currently, the bodies are being kept in two freezer containers at the Galle National...

Colombo, March 6 The post-mortem examination on the bodies of Iranian sailors recovered from the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena has been completed, hospital sources said on Friday.Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that it had recovered the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors after the US submarine attack sank...

Colombo, March 6 The Sri Lankan Navy said on Friday that 204 out of the 208 Iranian personnel aboard the IRINS Bushehr had been "safely" transferred to the Colombo port, two days after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation.Four sailors remain on the ship, which had...

Colombo, March 5 Sri Lanka on Thursday allowed a second Iranian ship to dock at the eastern port of Trincomalee and evacuated all 208 personnel on board, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a day after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation.In a televised address...

New Delhi, March 5 The CPI(M) on Thursday described the sinking of an Iranian warship by the US when it was returning from a multilateral wargame hosted by India, as a "direct attack" on New Delhi's right to hold such exercises and questioned the Indian government's "silence" on the matter.The...

FGN74: SRI LANKA-IRAN-SHIP RESCUESri Lanka rescues 32 Iranian sailors from sinking warship off GalleColombo: Sri Lanka announced on Wednesday that its Navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from a naval ship that sank off the southern coast, while several bodies were recovered from the site...

Colombo, March 4 Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that its Navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from a naval ship that sank off the southern coast, while several bodies were recovered from the site.Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament that an emergency message was received by the Sri Lanka...

Colombo, March 4 The Sri Lankan Navy said on Wednesday that it rescued 32 Iranian sailors from a sinking Iranian naval ship off the southern coast, while several bodies were recovered from the site.Navy spokesperson Commander Buddhika Sampath told reporters that several bodies were also found...

Colombo, March 4 Sri Lanka has rescued at least 30 Iranian sailors from a distressed Iranian frigate in the southern waters of the island nation early Wednesday, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said.In response to a question raised in parliament, Herath said, “At 5.08 this morning, a message...