IRAN - June 20 - Rev. Guards Capture UK Naval Vessels.

From: APS Diplomat Recorder | Date: June 26, 2004 | Copyright information

Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) spokesman Gen Brig Masoul Jazayeri says the IRGC seized three British patrol craft and arrested eight Royal Navy personnel on the Shatt Al-Arab waterway that divides Iran from Iraq, after they strayed into Iranian waters. He says: "If any cruisers violate the international rules in entering the territory of a country, that country can stop it and detain the passengers on board. These cruisers did not have permission to enter Iran's territory". UK officia...

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