Iranian Al-Alam Shows Pictures of British Sailor

Mar 30, 07:02 AM

Current Headlines: Text of report by Iranian Arabic language television news channel Al-Alam on 30 March

[Iranian] Al-Alam channel has received fresh confession from one of the British sailors who are detained in Iran for entering the Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.

These are the pictures [showing a young British marine] of the confessions about entering the Iranian territorial waters in an illegal manner and the circumstances in which the British navy boats entered teh Iranian water borders in the Arvand River [Shatt al- Arab] . These pictures show the British boats while violating the Iranian waters and the time when they were arrested by the Iranian forces.

We cans also see in these pictures a British helicopter flying outside the Iranian waters.

Al-Alam will broadcast the pictures and the details of the confessions soon.

The unidentified soldier is shown saying: " [in progress] and I am grateful no harm has come to us. I would just like to apologies for entering your waters without any permission. I know it happened back in 200?"

[The pictures, with Arabic subtitles, show a young British in military fatigues, with another sailor and Faye Turney]

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