WORLD / Middle East
Iran sees positive signs in UK stance
(AP)
Updated: 2007-04-02 19:14
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state-run radio on Monday cited what it called
"positive changes" in Britain's negotiating stance and said because of
those, television stations would not broadcast additional videos of
British sailors' confessions.
Image from Iran's official Arabic-language television channel aired
Sunday April 1 2007 of short video clips of what it said were two of 15
captured British sailors who in the footage pointed to a map of the
Persian Gulf. [AP]
The state-run radio did not detail what it meant by positive changes, nor
quote any officials by name. A state-run TV station had said earlier
Monday that all 15 British sailors and marines held captive by the
country had confessed to illegally entering Iranian waters.
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The 15 Britons were detained by Iranian naval units on March 23 while
patrolling for smugglers as part of a UN-mandated force monitoring the
Persian Gulf. They were seized by Iranian naval units near the mouth of
the Shatt al-Arab, a waterway that has long been a disputed dividing line
between Iraq and Iran.
Iran has repeatedly said it was trying to determine the intent of the
British personnel before deciding what to do with them, and has demanded
an apology from Britain as a condition for their release.
Britain contends the sailors were in Iraqi waters and has said it would
not apologize.
The Iran Broadcasting Company said Monday the 15 alleged confessions
would not be broadcast on Iranian news stations, however, due to what it
called a change in the British government's negotiating policies. The
state-run agency did not provide any further details as to what it meant
by that.
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