Captive British Marine Apologizes for Entering Iranian Waters

bahador_romeo · 31-03-07, 01:46

Second captive Briton apologizes to Iran

In this image taken from Iranian television Friday March 30, 2007 a British marine, whose name was given in Farsi as Nathan Thomas Summers, said he was aware that the incident in which he was seized was the second time since 2004 that British military personnel had entered Iranian waters. A newscaster earlier on Al-Alam television said the taped confession would show a British marine explaining how he and his colleagues entered Iranian waters 'in an illegal way.'

AP-- A captive Royal Marine was shown in new TV footage Friday apologizing for being in Iranian waters, and Tehran made public a third letter supposedly written by the only woman prisoner among 15 Britons seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Britain sharply denounced Iran over the treatment of the captives � a clear sign both sides were hardening their stance as the crisis entered its second week.

Iran appeared intent on sending a message of strength as it faces mounting U.N. Nations sanctions over its uranium enrichment program, which the U.S. and other nations suspect the Islamic Republic is using to develop nuclear weapons.

Underlining Iran's hardline sentiment, some 60,000 soccer fans chanted "Death to Britain" at a match in Tehran, while 700 people rallying near Tehran University yelled "We condemn the British invasion!" A Muslim cleric told worshippers during Friday prayers that "Britain is an aggressor and Iran has confronted it."

In the latest video broadcast by Iranian state television, Royal Marine rifleman Nathan Thomas Summers was pictured while sitting with another male captive, both in fatigues, and female British sailor Faye Turney in a blue jumpsuit and a black head scarf.

The three were among 15 British sailors and marines detained by Iranian naval units March 23 while patrolling for smugglers near the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab, a waterway that has long been a disputed dividing line between Iraq and Iran.

"We trespassed without permission," Summers said in the video shown on Iran's Arabic-language channel Al-Alam. "I deeply apologize for entering your waters."

The video, the second broadcast of the detainees in three days, drew indignation from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who accused Tehran of manipulating the prisoners.

"All it does is enhance people's sense of disgust. Captured personnel being paraded and manipulated in this way doesn't fool anyone," Blair said. "What the Iranians have to realize is that if they continue in this way, they will face increasing isolation."

It was not known whether the marine spoke under pressure from his captors, but Summers said in the broadcast that "our treatment has been very friendly."

Iran also released a third letter supposedly written by the sole female detainee in which she says she has been "sacrificed" by Britain. She said she was sorry for straying into Iranian waters and asked if it wasn't time for Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq.

"I am writing to you as a British serviceperson who has been sent to Iraq, sacrificed due to the intervening policies of the Bush and Blair governments," the letter said, using even more stilted language than the previous letters.

The European Union warned Iran of undefined "appropriate measures" if the British naval team remained in captivity and called on Iran to inform the British government of their whereabouts and give British diplomats access � a British request that Iran so far has denied.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, condemned the warning, saying Europeans should not take a collective stance in support of Britain. He said statements by some EU officials were "unreasonable, illogical" and Iran considered them "interference in its internal affairs."

The office of the Turkish prime minister, who is trying to mediate the dispute, said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had indicated his government was willing to reconsider freeing Turney, who is married and has a 3-year-old daughter.

Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, had suggested Wednesday that Turney would be freed soon, but the following day the semiofficial Iranian news agency Mehr said her release was canceled. It quoted Iran's military chief as blaming "wrong behavior" by the British government.

British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, who denounced Friday's video as "appalling," said a letter from Iran on the detention of the 15 sailors and marines would not help resolve the standoff.

"There is nothing in the letter to suggest that the Iranians are looking for a way out," she told British Broadcasting Corp.

The letter stopped short of asking for a formal apology but instead asked for Britain to acknowledge its naval team trespassed into Iranian waters and confirm it would not happen again.

The sailors and marines, part of a U.N.-mandated force patrolling the Persian Gulf, were seized while searching merchant ships for evidence of smuggling. Britain insists the team was in Iraqi waters and has said no admission of error would be made.

Iraqi officials have backed Britain's account, saying again Friday that the Royal Navy personnel were captured in Iraq's territorial waters. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said his government was in contact with Iran to "ensure the wise handling of the case."

Britain has frozen most contacts with Iran and taken the issue to the U.N. Security Council, which expressed "grave concern" Thursday over Iran's seizure of the Britons. Russia, which blocked a stronger council statement, called Friday for an independent U.N. inquiry.

Iran said Friday that the Security Council had no place in what it called a purely bilateral dispute. "The British government's attempt to engage third parties, including the Security Council, with this case is not helpful," it said.

The statement, released by the Iranian mission at the United Nations and in London, said the British and Iranian governments "have been closely examining and discussing the case in order to settle it in a mutually acceptable manner."

The recent rise in world oil prices to six-month highs cooled some Friday, but traders remained jittery that the situation could lead to a disruption of petroleum shipments out of the Gulf.

black_white · 31-03-07, 02:11

hatman enghad gozashtaneh zire feshar ke ejbaran eteraf karde

bluesky · 31-03-07, 03:20

bad bakht ha inghadr mitarsan ke nakone ye dafe began alaho akbaro kalashono bekanan...manam bodam to ye keshvare eslmaie injori dast gir mishodam dorogh ya rast ye chizi migoftam ke jonamo rahat konam...hala ino agar azad konan mire british va onja mige mano tahdid kardano hamasho dorogh goftam hahahaha...

soroush512 · 31-03-07, 03:41

jumhouri eslami = marmulak

in film haa daghighan shabie hamun video haye hast ke tu IRAQ assir migiran valeee injaa hala Iroonishh, be estelahh ye hurde motmadane taar

tu iraq jallad jolo durbin hast valee injaa poshte doorbin

onjaaa joloye ye divaar ya ye parche sade, inja yani iran joloye parde gol man golee

onjaa allah o akabar migan inja chai shirini, mozz , portughal ham tarruf mikonan

pass bayad az khudash shun ham bashe giir ironi ha oftadan

masoud@1932 · 31-03-07, 05:12

Ey Valla in Sarbazay GomNam Emam Zaman Che Hali Behesh Dadan

Vali Khoda Vakili Begin Age Raft UK Dige Nazane Zire Harfash

Bahadoor jooNi dastet Talla Az Khabar

yasyas · 31-03-07, 05:14

hala be in pedarsokhte begid shoma chera varede iran shodid

esie2 · 31-03-07, 05:17

Salam be hame!!
meymona Fekr kardan mesle keshwaraye khaene arabi mitonan haminjoori warde khake iran beshan! khob beheshon kardan! wallah khob hale in engelisia ro gereftan injoori bayad begiri betarsonishon ke kesafat karia araq wa afghanistan ro to iran tekrar nekonan ke onwaght bayad begiran harchie motajaweze tiketike konan

AA1 · 31-03-07, 05:46

hame fekr mikardan aval iran jango ba amrika shoroo mikone
amma mesle inke ba engelis hastesh

hala chebekhaim che nakhaaym jangaro oftadim

Sali · 31-03-07, 05:53

they probably put a gun near his head and made him say these things

[NL]Mahdavikia · 31-03-07, 07:19

na aidin jan
siasate hamash, engelis bere jolo, pesar amo amrikaiesh ham poshte sareshe, fagat indafe mozo kheily fargh dare....

man nemidonam in akhonda az jone melate ma o iran chi mikhand...

31-03-07, 01:46	#1 (permalink)
bahador_romeo Forum Legend Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,844 Credits: 25,561 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Captive British Marine Apologizes for Entering Iranian Waters Second captive Briton apologizes to Iran In this image taken from Iranian television Friday March 30, 2007 a British marine, whose name was given in Farsi as Nathan Thomas Summers, said he was aware that the incident in which he was seized was the second time since 2004 that British military personnel had entered Iranian waters. A newscaster earlier on Al-Alam television said the taped confession would show a British marine explaining how he and his colleagues entered Iranian waters 'in an illegal way.' AP-- A captive Royal Marine was shown in new TV footage Friday apologizing for being in Iranian waters, and Tehran made public a third letter supposedly written by the only woman prisoner among 15 Britons seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Britain sharply denounced Iran over the treatment of the captives � a clear sign both sides were hardening their stance as the crisis entered its second week. Iran appeared intent on sending a message of strength as it faces mounting U.N. Nations sanctions over its uranium enrichment program, which the U.S. and other nations suspect the Islamic Republic is using to develop nuclear weapons. Underlining Iran's hardline sentiment, some 60,000 soccer fans chanted "Death to Britain" at a match in Tehran, while 700 people rallying near Tehran University yelled "We condemn the British invasion!" A Muslim cleric told worshippers during Friday prayers that "Britain is an aggressor and Iran has confronted it." In the latest video broadcast by Iranian state television, Royal Marine rifleman Nathan Thomas Summers was pictured while sitting with another male captive, both in fatigues, and female British sailor Faye Turney in a blue jumpsuit and a black head scarf. The three were among 15 British sailors and marines detained by Iranian naval units March 23 while patrolling for smugglers near the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab, a waterway that has long been a disputed dividing line between Iraq and Iran. "We trespassed without permission," Summers said in the video shown on Iran's Arabic-language channel Al-Alam. "I deeply apologize for entering your waters." The video, the second broadcast of the detainees in three days, drew indignation from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who accused Tehran of manipulating the prisoners. "All it does is enhance people's sense of disgust. Captured personnel being paraded and manipulated in this way doesn't fool anyone," Blair said. "What the Iranians have to realize is that if they continue in this way, they will face increasing isolation." It was not known whether the marine spoke under pressure from his captors, but Summers said in the broadcast that "our treatment has been very friendly." Iran also released a third letter supposedly written by the sole female detainee in which she says she has been "sacrificed" by Britain. She said she was sorry for straying into Iranian waters and asked if it wasn't time for Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq. "I am writing to you as a British serviceperson who has been sent to Iraq, sacrificed due to the intervening policies of the Bush and Blair governments," the letter said, using even more stilted language than the previous letters. The European Union warned Iran of undefined "appropriate measures" if the British naval team remained in captivity and called on Iran to inform the British government of their whereabouts and give British diplomats access � a British request that Iran so far has denied. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, condemned the warning, saying Europeans should not take a collective stance in support of Britain. He said statements by some EU officials were "unreasonable, illogical" and Iran considered them "interference in its internal affairs." The office of the Turkish prime minister, who is trying to mediate the dispute, said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had indicated his government was willing to reconsider freeing Turney, who is married and has a 3-year-old daughter. Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, had suggested Wednesday that Turney would be freed soon, but the following day the semiofficial Iranian news agency Mehr said her release was canceled. It quoted Iran's military chief as blaming "wrong behavior" by the British government. British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, who denounced Friday's video as "appalling," said a letter from Iran on the detention of the 15 sailors and marines would not help resolve the standoff. "There is nothing in the letter to suggest that the Iranians are looking for a way out," she told British Broadcasting Corp. The letter stopped short of asking for a formal apology but instead asked for Britain to acknowledge its naval team trespassed into Iranian waters and confirm it would not happen again. The sailors and marines, part of a U.N.-mandated force patrolling the Persian Gulf, were seized while searching merchant ships for evidence of smuggling. Britain insists the team was in Iraqi waters and has said no admission of error would be made. Iraqi officials have backed Britain's account, saying again Friday that the Royal Navy personnel were captured in Iraq's territorial waters. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said his government was in contact with Iran to "ensure the wise handling of the case." Britain has frozen most contacts with Iran and taken the issue to the U.N. Security Council, which expressed "grave concern" Thursday over Iran's seizure of the Britons. Russia, which blocked a stronger council statement, called Friday for an independent U.N. inquiry. Iran said Friday that the Security Council had no place in what it called a purely bilateral dispute. "The British government's attempt to engage third parties, including the Security Council, with this case is not helpful," it said. The statement, released by the Iranian mission at the United Nations and in London, said the British and Iranian governments "have been closely examining and discussing the case in order to settle it in a mutually acceptable manner." The recent rise in world oil prices to six-month highs cooled some Friday, but traders remained jittery that the situation could lead to a disruption of petroleum shipments out of the Gulf.

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soroush512 King Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 889 Credits: 1,681 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 3 Posts	jumhouri eslami = marmulak in film haa daghighan shabie hamun video haye hast ke tu IRAQ assir migiran valeee injaa hala Iroonishh, be estelahh ye hurde motmadane taar tu iraq jallad jolo durbin hast valee injaa poshte doorbin onjaaa joloye ye divaar ya ye parche sade, inja yani iran joloye parde gol man golee onjaa allah o akabar migan inja chai shirini, mozz , portughal ham tarruf mikonan pass bayad az khudash shun ham bashe giir ironi ha oftadan

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[NL]Mahdavikia Jupiter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: R'dam, Holland Posts: 5,431 Credits: 19,580 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,494 Times in 536 Posts	na aidin jan siasate hamash, engelis bere jolo, pesar amo amrikaiesh ham poshte sareshe, fagat indafe mozo kheily fargh dare.... man nemidonam in akhonda az jone melate ma o iran chi mikhand... __________________ Raghse Pirouzi Che Zibast...! (MA Hastim)

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