Court orders release of 84 Iranian Sailors’ bodies to embassy
Hansa Rathnayaka
11-Mar-2026 11:20:09
Sameera Dodangoda, Chief Magistrate of Galle, has ordered the Director of Galle National Hospital to hand over the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors to officials of the Embassy of Iran in Sri Lanka.
The order was issued this morning (11) after a request was made to the Galle Chief Magistrate's Court by the Galle Port Police.
The bodies of the 84 sailors are currently being kept in two mobile cold storage units at Galle National Hospital.
