Iran Orders Release of UK Sailors

World | June 23, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00

The eight crew members of three UK patrol boats seized by Iran near the border with Iraq are to be released, an Iranian armed forces spokesman says. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi was quoted on Wednesday as saying the British crew "will be freed today". The men were detained on Monday in the southern Shatt al-Arab waterway. Prime Minister Tony Blair's office said it had received confirmation from the Iranian government that the eight servicemen were being released.

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