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| UK ready to produce Iran evidence | UK ready to produce Iran evidence |
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| The government is preparing to release photographic evidence to support its assertion that 15 UK sailors seized by Iran were not in Iranian waters. | The government is preparing to release photographic evidence to support its assertion that 15 UK sailors seized by Iran were not in Iranian waters. |
| The BBC's Nick Robinson says the government is ready to switch from private to public diplomacy with Iran. | The BBC's Nick Robinson says the government is ready to switch from private to public diplomacy with Iran. |
| Tony Blair has talked of a "different phase" of the dispute and hinted at a more aggressive diplomatic approach. | Tony Blair has talked of a "different phase" of the dispute and hinted at a more aggressive diplomatic approach. |
| The sailors and marines from HMS Cornwall were captured on Friday after searching a boat in the northern Gulf. | The sailors and marines from HMS Cornwall were captured on Friday after searching a boat in the northern Gulf. |
| The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said preparations are in place for a news conference at the Ministry of Defence where photographs of the moments when the Britons were captured will be revealed. | The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said preparations are in place for a news conference at the Ministry of Defence where photographs of the moments when the Britons were captured will be revealed. |
| HMS Cornwall's area of operations | HMS Cornwall's area of operations |
| BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said the UK could confront Iran directly with satellite pictures and other evidence to show the personnel had not strayed into Iranian territorial waters. | BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said the UK could confront Iran directly with satellite pictures and other evidence to show the personnel had not strayed into Iranian territorial waters. |
| He said hardliners around Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believe the Britons may be ideal pawns, either for concessions over Iran's nuclear programme or to trade for five Iranians being held by the US in Iraq. | He said hardliners around Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believe the Britons may be ideal pawns, either for concessions over Iran's nuclear programme or to trade for five Iranians being held by the US in Iraq. |
| Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has cut short a visit to Turkey to fly home and give a Commons statement on the crisis. | Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has cut short a visit to Turkey to fly home and give a Commons statement on the crisis. |
| She decided to return to London after her phone call to the Iranian foreign minister on Tuesday made no progress. | She decided to return to London after her phone call to the Iranian foreign minister on Tuesday made no progress. |
| Downing Street has said that up to now the UK has been attempting to talk "discreetly" to the Iranians to secure the release of the Royal Navy personnel. | Downing Street has said that up to now the UK has been attempting to talk "discreetly" to the Iranians to secure the release of the Royal Navy personnel. |
| The prime minister's spokesman said that if the talks were unsuccessful, the government may have to become "more explicit" with Iran. | The prime minister's spokesman said that if the talks were unsuccessful, the government may have to become "more explicit" with Iran. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY The country of Iran needs to have a good long hard look at how this situation will look to the rest of the world Gary, UK Send us your comments Iranian view on stand-off | HAVE YOUR SAY The country of Iran needs to have a good long hard look at how this situation will look to the rest of the world Gary, UK Send us your comments Iranian view on stand-off |
| Salah Al Shaikhly, Iraq's ambassador to the UK, said his country would try to help the bid those seized and "the voice of reason should prevail". | |
| BBC News has broadcast footage of an interview it carried out last week with Faye Turney, the only woman among the 15 who were captured | BBC News has broadcast footage of an interview it carried out last week with Faye Turney, the only woman among the 15 who were captured |
| It showed the married 26-year-old, who is shown with a photo of her three-year-old daughter very close at hand throughout the filming, on the Cornwall just hours before the incident. | It showed the married 26-year-old, who is shown with a photo of her three-year-old daughter very close at hand throughout the filming, on the Cornwall just hours before the incident. |
| Iran says the British personnel were trespassing in Iranian waters when they were seized - but the prime minister said the group were in Iraqi waters under a UN mandate. | Iran says the British personnel were trespassing in Iranian waters when they were seized - but the prime minister said the group were in Iraqi waters under a UN mandate. |
| Mr Blair has spoken of a "different phase" of the dispute, and he said there was absolutely no justification for holding the personnel. | Mr Blair has spoken of a "different phase" of the dispute, and he said there was absolutely no justification for holding the personnel. |
| Brigadier-General Hakim Jassim, commander of Iraq's territorial waters, has expressed surprise that British forces were operating in the area. | Brigadier-General Hakim Jassim, commander of Iraq's territorial waters, has expressed surprise that British forces were operating in the area. |
| The BBC has been told the group are being held at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps base in Tehran, where they are said to be being treated humanely. | The BBC has been told the group are being held at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps base in Tehran, where they are said to be being treated humanely. |
| The Foreign Office says it has been unable to confirm reports by Iran's official news agency Irna that Mohammad Ali Hosseini, spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, had said British diplomats would be given access to the group after the "primary investigation" by Iranian officials. | The Foreign Office says it has been unable to confirm reports by Iran's official news agency Irna that Mohammad Ali Hosseini, spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, had said British diplomats would be given access to the group after the "primary investigation" by Iranian officials. |
| He was quoted by Irna as saying: "The media campaigns and provocative ... remarks regarding the violation of Iranian territorial waters by the British sailors are doing nothing to help settle the affair." | He was quoted by Irna as saying: "The media campaigns and provocative ... remarks regarding the violation of Iranian territorial waters by the British sailors are doing nothing to help settle the affair." |
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