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| Iran may delay its plan to release the only woman among 15 captured Royal Navy crew because of the UK's "incorrect attitude", an official has said. | Iran may delay its plan to release the only woman among 15 captured Royal Navy crew because of the UK's "incorrect attitude", an official has said. |
| Iran's insistence the group was in its waters last Friday saw the UK release GPS evidence to back up its denials. | Iran's insistence the group was in its waters last Friday saw the UK release GPS evidence to back up its denials. |
| Tony Blair's official spokesman said the UK was not seeking a confrontation. | Tony Blair's official spokesman said the UK was not seeking a confrontation. |
| But he said footage of Faye Turney and the others on Iranian TV was wrong in terms of "basic humanity". The UK is hoping for a statement from the UN. | But he said footage of Faye Turney and the others on Iranian TV was wrong in terms of "basic humanity". The UK is hoping for a statement from the UN. |
| Foreign office sources have confirmed the UK is circulating a draft statement it would like to see endorsed by the UN Security Council, to support the call for the immediate release of the 15. | |
| It is understood the statement is likely to make reference to the fact that the British crew were working under a UN mandate in the Gulf. | |
| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks with Iran on the detention at a summit in Riyadh. | |
| And the European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said he had spoken briefly to Iran's foreign minister and reiterated the EU's call for an end to the "illegal" detention. | |
| Iran 'isolated' | |
| The prime minister's spokesman said the Cabinet had been told British diplomats would be pursuing the group's release through discussions with UK's allies at the UN. | |
| "What is important is that Iran knows that it is isolated on this issue," he added. | "What is important is that Iran knows that it is isolated on this issue," he added. |
| It's wrong in terms of the UN conventions which govern this, and it's wrong in terms of basic humanity. Prime minister's spokesman class="" href="/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6505509.stm">Scots marine among captives | |
| "We are not seeking to put Iran in a corner. We are simply saying, 'Please release the personnel who should not have been seized in the first place'." | "We are not seeking to put Iran in a corner. We are simply saying, 'Please release the personnel who should not have been seized in the first place'." |
| He said a pledge by Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki that British officials in Tehran would be given consular access to the personnel had not taken place. | |
| On Wednesday, Iranian state television broadcast an interview with Leading Seaman Turney and footage of the 14 servicemen seized with her. | On Wednesday, Iranian state television broadcast an interview with Leading Seaman Turney and footage of the 14 servicemen seized with her. |
| The spokesman said: "Nobody should be put in that position. It's an impossible position. It's wrong in terms of the UN conventions which govern this, and it's wrong in terms of basic humanity." | The spokesman said: "Nobody should be put in that position. It's an impossible position. It's wrong in terms of the UN conventions which govern this, and it's wrong in terms of basic humanity." |
| Television statement | Television statement |
| Iran's foreign minister had previously said Leading Seaman Turney could be released. | Iran's foreign minister had previously said Leading Seaman Turney could be released. |
| UK VERSION OF EVENTS 1 Crew boards merchant ship 1.7NM inside Iraqi waters2 HMS Cornwall was south-east of this, and inside Iraqi waters3 Iran tells UK that merchant ship was at a different point, still within Iraqi waters4 After UK points this out, Iran provides alternative position, now within Iranian waters UK version in more detail | |
| But he said the stand-off would be resolved only if the UK stated that the sailors and marines had been in Iranian waters last Friday, which it denies. | But he said the stand-off would be resolved only if the UK stated that the sailors and marines had been in Iranian waters last Friday, which it denies. |
| Iranian state television reported Leading Seaman Turney would not be released "for the time being". | Iranian state television reported Leading Seaman Turney would not be released "for the time being". |
| The head of Iran's supreme national security council, Ali Larijani, said: "It was announced that a woman in the group would be freed, but (this development) was met with an incorrect attitude." | The head of Iran's supreme national security council, Ali Larijani, said: "It was announced that a woman in the group would be freed, but (this development) was met with an incorrect attitude." |
| BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said Mr Larijani - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator - was a hardliner who appeared to be responding to the failure to secure an admission from the UK. | |
| Iran has not disclosed where the service personnel are being held but the BBC has been told they are at a military base in Tehran. | |
| Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Charles Style, has produced data which he said proved the boarding party was 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi waters. | |
| The Iranian embassy in London said the Britons had been 0.5 km inside Iranian territorial waters. |