Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled his visit to New York to address the U.N. Security Council because of delays in granting visas to his entourage, Tehran’s U.N. ambassador said on Friday.

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 23 – The United States Naval Forces Central Command (U.S. Fifth Fleet) issued a statement on the capture of 15 British Navy and Marine personnel by Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Friday. The following is the full text of the statement:

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 23 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Britain’s envoy in Tehran on Friday shortly after the British Foreign Office summoned the Iranian ambassador in London over the detention of 15 British marines and sailors by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Iran-Iraq waterway.

Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is unlikely to get to New York early Saturday as originally planned for an address to the U.N. Security Council, Tehran’s U.N. Ambassador said Friday.

Reuters: Visas for Iran’s president and other diplomats to visit the United States had been approved, the White House said on Friday, disputing Iran’s claim that the entry documents had not been approved.

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 23 – Britain’s Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett issued a statement on the detention of 15 Royal Navy and Marine personnel by Iran’s security forces on the Iran-Iraq waterway. The following is the full text of her statement: