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Sri Lanka to grant one-month free visas to rescued Iranian sailors
short by Garima Garg / on Tuesday, 10 March, 2026
Sri Lanka will grant free one-month visas to sailors rescued from Iranian vessels on a humanitarian basis, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala said. This comes as 32 sailors had survived the US submarine attack on the sunk IRIS Dena frigate, and another 186 were evacuated from IRIS Bushehr. Sri Lanka is yet to make a decision on their repatriation.
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