1 week ago - Upon their arrival at an Iranian naval base, the British said they were "blindfolded, stripped of all our kit" and then moved to another room where they were "...subjected to random interrogation. The questions were aggressive and the handling rough, but it was no worse than that". The next morning they were flown to Tehran and taken to a prison. Here, the British sailors ...

June 1, 2026 - On 21 June 2004, in the Shatt al-Arab (Arvand Rud in Persian) waterway, six Royal Marines and two Royal Navy sailors were captured by Iran. The British servicemen were seized while training Iraqi river patrol personnel after Iran said they had strayed to the Iranian side of the waterway.

July 10, 2019 - However, 12 years ago, the Royal Navy was supporting a UN resolution when it boarded a ship in the Persian Gulf - and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard captured 15 British sailors and Royal Marines. They were held prisoner for 13 days, as the world ...

If this was not a constabulary action by the Iranians, that went wrong, what was it? At present there is only conjecture. But reports of the capture of the British sailors have been juxtaposed, if not explicitly linked, to Iranian anger at the additional measures agreed by the UN Security Council on Friday evening in New York.

April 6, 2007 - Some of the 15 British sailors and marines freed after nearly two weeks captivity in Iran speak publicly about their experiences and their statements about allegedly entering Iranian waters.

April 6, 2007 - The British sailors and marines held captive for nearly two weeks in Iran were blindfolded, bound and faced constant psychological pressure, according to a Royal Navy lieutenant who was among the group.

April 7, 2007 - “Such staged moves cannot cover ... the soldiers’ mistake.” · The sailors said that after their arrest in the Gulf, they were taken to a prison in Tehran....

December 1, 2017 - Iran took 15 British service personnel hostage on 23 March 2007 and held them for 13 days. The Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines, from the frigate HMS Cornwall, were taken at gunpoint by Iranian warships during a routine search of a cargo ...

August 9, 2007 - March 30 - Iran displays three detained personnel on television and releases a letter from one saying she was being held because of "oppressive" British and U.S.

September 20, 2017 - It is not the first time that Britons have been captured by the Iranian authorities while at sea. Iran took 15 British service personnel hostage on 23 March 2007 and held them for 13 days.

The 15 British military personnel captured by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf were subjected to "psychological pressure" and kept in isolation during their detention, the group's officers said on Friday.

November 3, 2023 - Then, out of the blue Iran’s President Ahmadinejad on 4th April held a press conference to announce the release of the captives as a “gift” to the British people. They would be released the following day.

April 13, 2012 - Britain has demanded the immediate release of 15 sailors and marines captured by Iranian forces. Their seizure at gunpoint in disputed waters between Iraq and Iran sparked a diplomatic crisis.

December 1, 2017 - The British sailors arriving in Dubai today after five days as prisoners on an Iranian base.

September 20, 2017 - Fifteen British marines and sailors held captive in Iran for almost a fortnight are expected to fly home tomorrow morning after the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announced their release as a "gift" to the UK.

At the press conference held the next day, the two most senior officers, Lieutenant Felix Carmen and Captain Chris Air, accompanied by just five of the sailors and marines, read stiffly from prepared statements. Carmen said that after their boat was seized by the Iranian guards when they were well within Iraqi waters they were taken to a naval base up the Shatt al Arab waterway where they were blindfolded, stripped and subjected to “random interrogations.” The questions were “aggressive and the handling rough,” he claimed. The next day, they were flown to a Tehran prison.

June 19, 2007 - The boarding party of 15 British sailors and Marines was captured by Iran in the Gulf in March and held for 13 days, prompting questions about why they had been taken with such apparent ease and why help was slow to come.

April 4, 2024 - March 30 - Iran displays three detained personnel on television and releases a letter from one saying she was being held because of "oppressive" British and U.S. behaviour in Iraq. -- Blair says the footage heightens people's disgust at their treatment and risks isolating Tehran further. -- The European Union deplores Iran's seizure and calls for their immediate release. April 2 - Iran says it wants to resolve the row through diplomacy and says there is no need for a trial. April 4 - President Ahmadinejad says he will free 15 British sailors as a "gift" but scolds Britain for not being "brave enough" to admit they had made a mistake and strayed into Iranian waters.