Bodies of 84 Iranian sailors to be repatriated from Sri Lanka, Iran embassy source and local media say

Medical personnel and Sri Lanka Navy sailors provide emergency treatment to an injured Iranian crew member rescued after responding to a distress call from the Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, while at sea within Sri Lanka’s maritime search and rescue region, in Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS

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 Iran ⁠embassy source and ​local media in Sri ⁠Lanka reported on Friday.

(Reporting by ​Uditha ⁠Jayasinghe, writing ​by Hritam ‌Mukherjee; Editing ​by YP Rajesh)