Sri Lanka's navy releases footage of rescuing Iranian sailors | DW News

Sri Lankan authorities have released footage of their rescue of 32 Iranian sailors who survived a US torpedo attack in the Indian Ocean. Officials said they recovered 87 bodies from the IRIS Dena warship that was sunk by a US submarine. On Friday, Sri Lanka also took over a second Iranian ship, IRIS Bushehr, after it received a distress call, allowing more than 200 sailors to disembark. Sri Lankan President president Anura Kumara Dissanayake said: "As a state, as a government, while maintaining our neutrality, we keep humanity as our number one priority" #dwnews #iran #srilanka For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1