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IRIS Dena sinking: 'India allowed, but Sri Lanka caught by surprise when Iran ships asked to dock'
Lanka hesitated to allow the ships into its territorial waters after the US air strikes on Iran on 28 February, say reports.
Sri Lankan authorities said on Friday they were escorting a second Iranian naval vessel to harbour and moving 208 of its crew to a camp, two
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Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors' bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says
COLOMBO, March 11 (Reuters) - 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,
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Oil slick, life rafts, dozens of bodies: What Sri Lankan navy found after US sank Iranian warship
Sri Lanka said its navy rescued 32 survivors after a U.S. torpedo sunk Iranian warship IRIS Dena with 180 aboard. Crews recover 87 bodies from the wreckage.
A day after rescuing Iranian sailors from the wreckage of a warship sunk by a U.S. submarine, Sri Lanka’s neutrality is being tested.
COLOMBO, March 13 (Reuters) - The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a U.S. submarine attack on a warship off Sri Lanka's coast last week will be repatriated, a source in the Iranian embassy in Colombo and Sri Lankan media reported on Friday.
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Sri Lanka offloads 208 crew members from second Iranian ship a day after US strike sinks frigate
Sri Lanka assists Iranian vessel crew after deadly U.S. submarine strike kills 87 in Indian Ocean. President announces rescue of 208 crew members.
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.