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| Five British yachtsmen held by the Iranian navy for a week have been freed, Iranian state radio reports. | |
| The crew were said to have mistakenly strayed into Iran's waters as they sailed from Bahrein to Dubai for a race on 25 November. | |
| It comes hours after UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband spoke by phone to his Iranian counterpart. | It comes hours after UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband spoke by phone to his Iranian counterpart. |
| He called for the release of the men, who were thought to be held on the island of Sirri in the Gulf. | |
| Luke Porter, 21, from Weston-super-Mare; Oliver Smith, 31, from Southampton; Oliver Young, 21, from Cornwall; Sam Usher, 26, from Scarborough, and Bahrain-based David Bloomer were to the start of the Dubai-Muscat Offshore Race when they were picked up. | |
| According to reports in Iran, the naval guard command of Siri island announced the five were freed about 0400 GMT. | |
| The naval guard command said it accepted the yacht entered Iranian "by mistake". |