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27-03-2007, 11:10
PM warns Iran over Navy captives
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42731000/jpg/_42731703_hmscornwall_mod.jpg The 15 are based on HMS Cornwall, which patrols Iraqi territorial waters
Efforts to secure the release of 15 Royal Navy personnel held by Iran will enter a "different phase" if diplomatic moves fail, Tony Blair has warned.
"These people have to be released," the Prime Minister told GMTV.
The BBC has been told the group are being held at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps base in Tehran.
Meanwhile, the family of the only woman detained, Faye Turney from Shropshire, have said this is a "very distressing time" for them.
An Iranian official has told the AP news agency that the sailors and marines from HMS Cornwall are in good health.
Iran says they were trespassing in Iranian waters when they were seized on Friday - but the prime minister said the group were in Iraqi waters under a UN mandate. Mr Blair was said the most important thing was the welfare of the eight sailors and seven marines from HMS Cornwall and securing their release.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6498611.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42731000/jpg/_42731703_hmscornwall_mod.jpg The 15 are based on HMS Cornwall, which patrols Iraqi territorial waters
Efforts to secure the release of 15 Royal Navy personnel held by Iran will enter a "different phase" if diplomatic moves fail, Tony Blair has warned.
"These people have to be released," the Prime Minister told GMTV.
The BBC has been told the group are being held at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps base in Tehran.
Meanwhile, the family of the only woman detained, Faye Turney from Shropshire, have said this is a "very distressing time" for them.
An Iranian official has told the AP news agency that the sailors and marines from HMS Cornwall are in good health.
Iran says they were trespassing in Iranian waters when they were seized on Friday - but the prime minister said the group were in Iraqi waters under a UN mandate. Mr Blair was said the most important thing was the welfare of the eight sailors and seven marines from HMS Cornwall and securing their release.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6498611.stm