Around 180 sailors were onboard the distressed Iranian naval ship ‘IRIS Dena’ off Galle- FM
March 4, 2026 11:59 am
Around 180 individuals were on board the Iranian Navy vessel ‘IRIS Dena’, which was in distress about 40 nautical miles off the coast of Galle this morning (04).
Around 30 of them were rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy and are being brought to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath said in Parliament.
