I don't think there is any dispute over the Iranian territory. Both sides are referring to the same boundary, it is just that the claimed positions of the Indian merchant boat differ.

 

 

 

It is evident the Iranians made a mistake from the fact that the first position they claimed the Brits were at was NOT inside Iraqi waters. When the British pointed that out, they changed their minds - claiming a new position.

 

 

 

Both of the Iranian supplied positions are disputed by GPS evidence from a British helicopter over the Indian merchant boat that they were searching, the GPS on craft the British sailors were using and even the captain of the Indian boat they boarded.

I'm slightly confused.

 

 

 

It is evident the Iranians made a mistake from the fact that the first position they claimed the Brits were at was NOT inside Iraqi waters. When the British pointed that out, they changed their minds - claiming a new position.

 

 

 

You think that them changing their mind was evidence of their confusion, not of them being "caught red handed?"

The Iranian sailors who captured the British sailors were obviously sure they were within their rights to do so.

 

 

 

They get them back to land and say to the British "this, position X, is where we found your sailors illegally searching a ship".

 

 

 

The British say "that's in Iraqi waters, we're allowed to do it".

 

 

 

The Iranians say "oh wait, they were actually here, at position Y". They have shown no evidence of where they were at the time, I assume if they had any they would have by now - rather than forcing confessions from the British sailors under threat of imprisonment. All the while the British have said "according to GPS data from the craft itself, the helicopter above it and the craft they were searching, they were at position X".

 

 

 

I am not saying anyone was confused at the time of capture. I am saying the Iranians were wrong. They thought they were within their rights, realised they weren't later on, changed their story and provided no evidence to back it up.

I guess we just disagree with the intent of the Iranians in this situation. All of the actions you described seem much fishier to me than they seem to for you. Oh well.

LMAO i heard on the news they gave the soldiers back as a "easter present"

LMAO i heard on the news they gave the soldiers back as a "easter present"

 

 

 

Didn't England trade something for them? I can't remember exactly, but I remember reading about it.

LMAO i heard on the news they gave the soldiers back as a "easter present"

 

 

 

Didn't England trade something for them? I can't remember exactly, but I remember reading about it.

Unconditional release.

LMAO i heard on the news they gave the soldiers back as a "easter present"

 

 

 

Didn't England trade something for them? I can't remember exactly, but I remember reading about it.

 

 

 

I think I heard somewhere about Iran having a couple of it's prisoners released, possibly on BBC news...

 

 

 

Probably wrong though...

The US released some iranian prisoners, but denied it had anything to do with sailors imprisoned in iran.

Seems like they weren't treated very well. Obvious though.

 

 

 

'I heard my coffin being made'

 

She also said that at one point she feared Iranian workers were "making my coffin" after she heard "the noise of wood sawing and nails being hammered near my cell ... Then a woman came into my cell to measure me up from head to toe with a tape".