Sri Lanka, March 13 -- The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in the torpedo attack on the warship IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka's coast are scheduled to be repatriated to Iran today on a special flight departing from Mattala International Airport, the Defence Ministry said.

On March 11, the bodies of the 84 Iranian sailors, stored in two mobile cold storage units at the Galle National Hospital, were ordered to be handed over to officials of the Embassy of Iran in Sri Lanka.

The order was issued by the Galle Chief Magistrate, Sameera Dodangoda, who directed the hospital's director to release the remains to the Iranian embassy representatives. The directive was made following a request submitted to the Galle Magistrate's Court by the Galle Ha...