The Galle Chief Magistrate’s Court ruled today that the bodies of 84 identified crew members from the IRIS Dena, torpedoed by a US submarine 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka’s coast on 4 March, be handed over to Iranian Embassy officials for repatriation.
Thirty-two survivors were rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy. Eighty-seven were killed.
Eighty-four have been identified, stored under refrigeration at Karapitiya Hospital, and are now legally released to Tehran.
Five days ago, a leaked US State Department cable told Sri Lanka to do the opposite.
The cable, dated 6 March and obtained by Reuters, was authored by US Charge d’Affaires Jayne Howell at the Embassy in Colombo. Get The Full, Details. .
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽!
