24 May 2026

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Bodies of Iranian sailors to be repatriated to their home country



The Ministry of Defense says that the bodies of the 84 Iranian sailors who died on board the IRIS DENA ship that was attacked by the US will be repatriated to Iran today (13).

The ministry stated that a special flight is scheduled to depart for Iran from the Mattala Inte ational Airport today (13).

Arrangements have been made to repatriate their bodies under the coordination of the Iranian Embassy in Sri Lanka.


(colombotimes.lk)




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