Iran Releases 10 US Navy That Was Captured By Iran

Iran Releases 10 US Navy That Was Captured By Iran

Iran's Revolutionary Guards issued 10 sailors from the US Navy, who were arrested after crossed the small Iranian territorial waters in river boats, the US Defense Department confirmed Wednesday.

The statement said the sailors and the boats left the Iranian naval base where they had held before 09:00 GMT (04:00 EST) soon. The nine men and one woman later transfer on the beach by a navy plane, while boats continued toward Bahrain, their intended destination. There was no signal had been damaged sailors.

In a written statement, thanked Foreign Minister John Kerry, the Iranian authorities "for their cooperation in resolving this matter expeditiously."

A senior official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in spite of Fox News said there was "no apology from Kerry" to the Iranians.

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A US official said on Fox News that the sailors were taken initially to the guided missile USS Anzio cruiser before heading to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to extract additional information.

"The first concern is the safety and well-being of the crew and then we will investigate the incident," the official said. He also promised the Pentagon Navy statement "would investigate the circumstances that led to the existence of the sailors in Iran."

Officials are still uncertain of how they were able to by Iranian forces raped boats. The US official said on Fox News that one mechanical problem, at least from the boats can not be ruled out, but could not explain how it was able to get under way in such a short time the two ships if one had done the issue of payment, which would have caused a halt operation and drift into Iranian territorial waters.

It was not clear immediately clear whether the United States was Iran may develop a certain order to secure the release of the sailors. The commander of the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran earlier Wednesday that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has demanded an apology from the United States to enter Iranian waters.

Gen. Ali Fadavi TV official said Wednesday that US boats as "the work of non-professional" showed for 40 minutes before being picked up by Iranian forces.

"US presence certainly in the Persian Gulf and their passage was not innocent and we do not see it passed as innocent," said Fadwa, adding that Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif "was a firm stance (during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry) their presence in our territorial waters They said it should not come and should apologize. "

The incident came amid rising tension with Iran, just hours before President Barack Obama gave his last State of the Union address to Congress and the public. Obama did not mention the sailors in his speech, which lasted nearly one hour.

After the address, Sen. Ben Cardin, D- Md., A senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate, and hoped to reach a quick solution.

"It's a very serious issue," said Cardin. "I hope that this will be resolved in an hour, and if not, I think that mounts."

The Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was detained sailors as a "manifestation of the weakness of Obama's foreign policy."

He said, "Our enemies do not fear us," Cruz before adding that his prayers were with the sailors and their families.

Navy of the Revolutionary Guards confiscated "GPS devices" to prove that the American ships were 'sailors snooping' around in Iranian waters, "according to The New York Times.

Boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain at the time, and the Pentagon has lost a brief contact with the crew. Officials said the sailors and part of the river 1 Squadron based in San Diego and has spread to the US Navy fleet in Bahrain 5TH.

River boats are not considered high-tech and do not contain any sensitive equipment, so there were not concerns about the Iranians access to the character.

The incident came in the wake of an incident that occurred in late December when Iran launched a missile test near US warships and boats passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

At the same time, it was expected to meet the conditions of the nuclear deal last summer in Iran a few days. Once confirm the international Atomic Energy Agency Iran's actions to roll back its program, the United States and other Western powers to suspend oil binding coverage, and trade and financial sanctions on Tehran. Kerry said in a recent implementation of the deal was "days away."