Iran official says Britons were freed after UK apology

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Source: The Star (Malaysia)

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An adviser to Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Thursday Iran received a letter of apology from Britain before the release of 15 military personnel, state television reported.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized the British sailors and marines on March 23 and accused them of entering Iran illegally, a charge Britain denied. The 15 Britons were released on Wednesday and arrived back in England on Thursday.

Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser on international affairs to Khamenei, said Iran had achieved its "objectives" in the political standoff with Britain over the arrests.

One of the 15 U.K. military personnel freed by Iran adjusts his beret inside the plane before disembarking at Heathrow airport in this image from TV footage April 5, 2007. (REUTERS TV)
"Iran set a condition that Britain accepts there was a violation (of Iranian waters) and gives apologies. On Tuesday we received a letter of apology," Velayati was quoted as saying.

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1. and the USA just happened to release an Iranian we held captive...nothing here though..

move along...we see nothing...the sun is shinning and everything is just ducky...

ducky??? if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck...

ohhh silly me ..move along....


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