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UK MOD Confirms 8 Navy Personnel Detained By Iran
UK MOD Confirms 8 Navy Personnel Detained By Iran
The Ministry of Defence can confirm that eight Royal navy personnel from the Royal Navy training team based in southern Iraq have been detained by the Iranian authorities while delivering a boat from Umm Qasr to Basrah. The team members were travelling in three boats (two Boston Whalers and one British Army Combat Support Boat) along the Shatt al Arab waterway on 21 June. The boats were unarmed but the crews were carrying their personal weapons.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office is liaising with the Iranian Government to resolve the situation.
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