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News channel or source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/world/asia/iran-sri-lanka-sailors.html
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026
Sri Lanka had been refusing to send back the Iranian Navy personnel, including survivors from a warship that the United States torpedoed, during active hostilities.