Iran Arranges Special Transport to Send Sailors Back From India
Healthcare workers carry the bodies of Iranian sailors who died in a US torpedo attack on their frigate IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka's southern coast.
Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty I,mages
Iran has arranged special transportation to return about 180 sailors from India, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Most of the 180 Iranian sailors will fly back from the southern Indian city of Kochi, the person said, requesting not be identified as the matter is sensitive. Iran is also bringing back the bodies of sailors who lost their lives after the US sank their ship off the coast of Sri Lanka, the person said.