Iran

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Der Iran hat zwei Boote der US Marine aufgebracht. Die Matrosen sollen bald frei gelassen werden:

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Iran holds 10 U.S. sailors but pledges to release them soon, Pentagon says

Ten sailors were seized by Iran in the Gulf on Jan. 12, and Tehran told the United States the crew members would be promptly returned, U.S. officials said. (Reuters)

The Iranian military took control of two U.S. Navy vessels and their crew Tuesday after the boats apparently strayed into Iran’s territorial waters, U.S. officials said.

The circumstances surrounding the incident, which comes at a volatile moment in U.S.-Iranian relations, remained unclear late Tuesday. Senior U.S. officials said they expected the crew of ten to be released from Iranian custody Wednesday morning.

The small boats, used largely on coastal waters and on rivers, had been en route from Kuwait to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf when they disappeared from the Navy’s scopes. Senior administration officials said the vessels appeared to have experienced mechanical trouble or ran out of fuel, but Fars, an Iranian news agency, said the sailors had been “snooping.”