At the Telegraph UK, "Iran demands apology from US before it releases 10 sailors":
As well as playing down reports of a prompt release of the sailors, Iran is said to be demanding an apology from the US after its sailors were arrested for "violating" Iran's waters.Source: Sky News on Twitter.
"Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was in touch with US Secretary of State Kerry," Iran's Revolutionary Guards' naval commander, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, said in an interview broadcast live on state television.
"Zarif took a firm stance as the sailors had violated Iran's territorial waters and asked the United States for an apology," he added.
Reuters: Iran's Revolutionary Guards dismissed talk of the prompt release of 10 U.S. sailors they had arrested as speculation by others
— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) January 13, 2016
Update - Reuters: Iran's Revolutionary Guards say Tehran has asked the U.S. for an apology for "violating" Iran's territorial waters
— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) January 13, 2016
Previous blogging on Iran's seizure of U.S. naval vessels here.
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