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- Sri Lanka repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors after IRIS Dena was sunk by a U.S. submarine off Galle on March 4, 2026.
- The bodies were sent to Iran on March 13 under a court order from Chief Magistrate Sameera Dodangoda after the government kept them in makeshift refrigeration due to inadequate morgue capacity.
- Thirty-two survivors were treated at the National Hospital at Karapitiya and discharged on March 8.
