Sri Lanka returned 40 Iranian sailors to Iran after they received medical assistance.

Sri Lanka returned 40 Iranian sailors to Iran after they received medical assistance.

Tushara Rodrigo, spokeswoman for Sri Lanka's foreign ministry, announced that 40 Iranian sailors had returned to Iran on Sunday morning after receiving medical help. He did not provide details as to why they needed treatment.

According to him, the sailors were transferred to the port of Galle on Saturday, October 24 following a request for help from the ships anchored near Sri Lankan waters. He did not provide details about the names of the ships and the medical condition of the sailors.

Earlier, the authorities in Sri Lanka announced the presence of 19 Iranian ships near the coast of the country and reported a lack of food, water and fuel in them.

Earlier, during the forty-day war between Iran and the United States, the military frigate "Dana" belonging to the Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran was hit by a torpedo from an American submarine (based in Charlotte) in international waters off the coast of Galle in Sri Lanka on March 4, 1404 (March 4, 2026). At the same time, it was announced that the wounded of this frigate had been transferred to Sri Lanka.