AP: Britain said it was freezing talks on all other issues with Iran until it freed 15 Royal Navy crew members seized last week, and the British military released what it said was proof its boats were within Iraqi territorial waters when they were seized.
Britain freezing talks with Iran
U.S. says not escalating tension with Iran
Reuters: The United States insisted on Wednesday it was not escalating tensions with Iran by holding naval exercises in the Gulf and backed British efforts to free 15 sailors and Marines captured last week.
Oil rises more than $1 on Iran concerns
Reuters: Oil rose more than $1 on Wednesday as escalating tensions between the West and Iran stoked crude supply concerns from the world’s No 4 exporter.
Bush, Putin discuss tensions over Iran
AP: President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday discussed growing tensions about Iran’s nuclear programs and Russia’s concerns about U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Europe.
Photos of captured British sailor as aired on Iran state television
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 28 The following are screen grabs of British sailor Faye Turney on Iranian state television. Turney, 26, was arrested at gunpoint by Iranian Revolutionary Guards along with 14 other Royal Marines and Navy personnel on the Iran-Iraq waterway on Friday. Despite repeated pleas by London, Iranian authorities have refused to release the group.
Photos of captured British sailor as aired on Iran state television
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 28 The following are screen grabs of British sailor Faye Turney on Iranian state television. Turney, 26, was arrested at gunpoint by Iranian Revolutionary Guards along with 14 other Royal Marines and Navy personnel on the Iran-Iraq waterway on Friday. Despite repeated pleas by London, Iranian authorities have refused to release the group.
Iran claims detained Britons were 0.5 km in Iranian waters
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 28 – Iran claimed on Wednesday that 15 British sailors who were arrested last week on the Iran-Iraq waterway were seized half a kilometre within Iranian territorial waters, hours after the British Ministry of Defence released global positioning system data as evidence that the group had been more than 2 km outside Iranian waters.
Iran claims detained Britons were 0.5 km in Iranian waters
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 28 – Iran claimed on Wednesday that 15 British sailors who were arrested last week on the Iran-Iraq waterway were seized half a kilometre within Iranian territorial waters, hours after the British Ministry of Defence released global positioning system data as evidence that the group had been more than 2 km outside Iranian waters.
Text of Becketts remarks on Iran capture of British sailors
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 28 – The following is the text of an oral statement by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to the House of Commons over the arrest and continued detention of 15 British sailors and marines by Iran. Beckett said, We are now in a new phase of diplomatic activity.
We will, therefore be imposing a freeze on all other official bilateral business with Iran until this situation is resolved.
Text of Becketts remarks on Iran capture of British sailors
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 28 – The following is the text of an oral statement by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to the House of Commons over the arrest and continued detention of 15 British sailors and marines by Iran. Beckett said, We are now in a new phase of diplomatic activity.
We will, therefore be imposing a freeze on all other official bilateral business with Iran until this situation is resolved.
