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Sri Lanka says it rescued 40 Iranian sailors and sent them home

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
What's new
  1. Middle East Eye is now reporting this
  2. New headline Was: “Sri Lanka rescues 40 Iranian sailors, spokesman says”
  3. Our desk filed its story

Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Middle East Eye)

Sri Lanka coordinated the rescue of 40 Iranian sailors from multiple commercial ships in international waters off its coast and supported their return to Iran, a foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday1.

Thushara Rodrigo said the ministry received a request from the Iranian embassy through diplomatic channels and that the sailors had been suffering unspecified medical emergencies1.

The ministry did not give further details of why they had to be rescued1. Middle East Eye said local media, including India's The Hindu, reported the sailors were aboard vessels that were U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers1.

Middle East Eye reported that Washington has imposed a blockade on Iranian shipping as part of its war on Iran1. Reuters published a matching headline; its full report could not be read for this filing2.

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  1. (Reuters, via Middle East Eye)Sri Lanka rescues 40 Iranian sailors, spokesman says
  2. ReutersSri Lanka rescues 40 Iranian sailors, spokesman says

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Middle East Eye(Reuters, via Middle East Eye)