Iran Nuclear Issue

Iran to release 15 British sailors

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-04-05 07:31

British naval personnel who were detained in Iran wave to journalists after they were released as a "gift to the British people" by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran April 4, 2007. [Reuters]

British naval personnel who were detained in Iran are seen after they were released, in Tehran April 4, 2007. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad freed 15 British sailors and marines on Wednesday, offering a "gift" to Britain that ended a 13-day crisis which had rattled world financial markets. [Reuters]