Bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in US torpedo strike to be repatriated
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The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a US torpedo attack on the Iranian warship Iris Dena in the Indian Ocean on March 4 are being repatriated to Iran from Sri Lanka on Friday. The ship, carrying approximately 130 sailors, was sunk about 40km from Sri Lanka's coast. Sri Lanka's navy rescued 32 sailors, who will remain in the country. The US Department of Defense released video footage of the sinking. The incident, which occurred during the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran, has been condemned by Iran as an atrocity, with threats of retaliation. Iran has since launched retaliatory strikes across the Middle East targeting Gulf countries allied with the US.
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