British sailor 'confesses' to illegal entry of Iran UPDATE |
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Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:15
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(Updating with quotes)TEHRAN (AFX) - Iranian state television broadcast footage today of an interview with one of the British sailors detained by the Iranian authorities saying he and his colleagues had illegally entered Iranian waters.Arabic-language Al-Alam television showed an interview with the sailor in which he said 'I deeply apologise for entering your waters.''We entered Iranian waters without permission and we were arrested by coast guards. I would like to apologise to Iranian people,' the official news agency IRNA quoted the sailor, identified as Nathan Thomas Summers, as saying.On Wednesday, the television station had shown footage of the only woman sailor in the group also saying that they had trespassed into Iranian waters.'Everything has been very good since we were arrested and I am satisfied,' IRNA quoted Summers as saying.'Within the past days Iranian forces have treated us nicely and very humanely. There has been no mistreatment.'newsdesk@afxnews.comafp/cmrCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited
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Iran says British sailors entered its waters 6 times 