Iran to prosecute UK sailors
2004-06-22 09:40
Tehran - Iran is to prosecute eight British soldiers detained for allegedly straying into Iranian territorial waters close to the Iraqi border, al-Alam television reported on Tuesday, quoting Iranian military sources.
"They are going to be prosecuted for illegally entering Iranian territorial waters. They were 1 000 metres inside Iranian territorial waters," said the Arabic-language satellite channel, a branch of Iran's state television.
The station said the soldiers, who were detained on Monday and whose three boats were also seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, had already "confessed" to having entered Iranian waters.
- AFP