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Standoff as British ‘sailor’ row brews

Standoff as British ‘sailor’ row brews

LONDON – London and Tehran stuck to their guns yesterday as a diplomatic spat over whether British servicemen encroached or were forced into Iranian waters threatened to become a full-blown row.

Six marines and two navy sailors were detained for three days in Iran last week, during which they were paraded blindfold on television and forced to publicly apologise for what they called a “mistake”. Iran insisted that the boats were intercepted only after they entered Iranian waters on the Shatt al-Arab waterway that divides southern Iraq from Iran.”We are surprised by the British defense minister’s incorrect remarks,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said in a statement.- Nampa-AFPIran insisted that the boats were intercepted only after they entered Iranian waters on the Shatt al-Arab waterway that divides southern Iraq from Iran.”We are surprised by the British defense minister’s incorrect remarks,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said in a statement.- Nampa-AFP

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