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added 2007 Sat Apr 7 14:45:15 by ShadowX
* Iran urges Britain to respond with goodwill to the release of 15 British sailors * 15 naval crew on Saturday beginning two weeks' leave with their families * British service members say they were subjected to "psychological pressure"
added 2007 Thu Apr 5 13:45:47 by finalbusstop
Iran on Thursday morning released the 15 British sailors and marines.Iran's president called the release a "gift" to the British people. The sailors and Marines departed from Mehrabad International Airport on a British Airways Plc plane, the U.K. Foreign Office said. Flight 6634 from Tehran arrives london at about 12:05 p.m.
added 2007 Thu Apr 5 6:50:27 by TechnologyExpert
The 15 British military personnel held by Iran will leave Tehran at 0430 GMT on Thursday on a flight to London, airline officials said, ending a standoff that raised international tension and rattled financial markets.
added 2007 Wed Apr 4 16:30:18 by Sotiris K
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced today that he was freeing the 15 British sailors and marines captured on March 23. He announced the pardon minutes after he gave medals of honor to the Iranian coast guards who intercepted the Britons, saying Iran will never accept trespassing of its territorial waters.
added 2007 Tue Apr 3 16:13:27 by Karina
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the way is open for diplomatic efforts to secure the release of 15 sailors captured by Iran, and "the next 48 hours will be fairly critical."
added 2007 Mon Apr 2 17:03:54 by Karina
Fifteen British sailors and Marines detained by Iran for over a week have confessed to illegally entering the country's waters, Iranian state-run media reported on Monday.
added 2007 Sun Apr 1 16:36:40 by labpuppies
About 200 students threw rocks and firecrackers at the British Embassy on Sunday, calling for the expulsion of the country's ambassador because of the standoff over Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines.
added 2007 Sat Mar 31 13:33:34 by pagey
Iran's ambassador to Russia renewed a threat Iranian officials made earlier this week, saying 15 British sailors held by Iran could be tried for violating international law, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported Saturday.
added 2007 Fri Mar 30 17:19:03 by TechnologyExpert
One of the 15 British service members held captive in Iran appeared Friday on the government's Arabic-language TV and apologized for entering Iranian waters "without permission." The Iranians meanwhile released a third letter allegedly by captured sailor Faye Turney, in which she said she has been "sacrificed" to the policies o

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added 2007 Thu Mar 29 17:05:34 by Karina
Iran may delay its plan to release the only woman among 15 captured Royal Navy crew because of the UK's "incorrect attitude", an official has said.
added 2007 Tue Mar 27 5:07:12 by catstevens
Looking for clues as to whether the standoff over Iran's nuclear program will lead to a military confrontation? You'll probably find more in how the case of the 15 British Navy personnel seized by Iran last Friday plays out than in the diplomatic process that on Saturday resulted in a mild increase in sanctions against Tehran.
added 2007 Mon Mar 26 18:13:06 by STONERS
Iran said Monday it was interrogating 15 British sailors and marines to determine whether they intentionally entered Iranian waters. Britain denies its personnel had left Iraqi territory when they were captured and detained by Iran.
added 2007 Mon Mar 26 6:30:08 by STONERS
Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday called the Iranian seizure of 15 British sailors and marines "unjustified and wrong," saying in his first remarks on the escalating confrontation that London saw it as a "very serious situation."
added 2007 Sun Mar 25 17:58:22 by corey.spring
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that the 15 British sailors and Royal Marines captured by Iran were not in Iranian waters and warned Tehran that Britain viewed their fate as a "fundamental" issue.
added 2007 Wed Mar 21 21:06:21 by Varadinum
TWO British sailors were killed and a third injured in an accident overnight on board a nuclear submarine in the Arctic Ocean.


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