Hundreds of Iranian sailors return from Sri Lanka weeks after US torpedo sinks warship

NewsWorldAsiaHundreds of Iranian sailors return from Sri Lanka weeks after US torpedo sinks warshipThe Iris Dena was sunk on 4 March by a US torpedo, killing at least 104Alex Croft Wednesday 15 April 2026 18:18 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2958342","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/iran-sailors-sri-lanka-warship-us-torpedo-b2958342.html","title":"Hundreds of Iranian sailors return from Sri Lanka weeks after US sinks warship"}}CloseAyatollah calls for Trump’s blood in revenge for sunken warshipFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Breaking_Newsletter","regTitle":"Breaking News","subscriptionGroup":"breaking_news","subscriptionGroupId":"ea81aa66-1d12-4313-9b4e-6f20b0117b8f","type":"breaking_news","pathPrefix":["/news/uk/crime","/news/world","/topic/race","/topic/racism","/topic/race-and-ethnicity","/topic/diversity","/topic/ethnic-minorities","/topic/muslim","/topic/black","/topic/black-british","/topic/african-americans","/topic/systemic-racism","/topic/bame"],"title":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free breaking news emails","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/breakingNews1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveIndyBreakingNews","regSourceSection":"Asia","re...