Iran seizes US Navy boats.

[Dave]

Breaking news this evening.

Pentagon: 2 U.S. Navy Boats With 10 American Sailors Held by Iran Military
by JIM MIKLASZEWSKI and COURTNEY KUBE
Iranian military forces seized two U.S. Navy boats Tuesday and are detaining them on Iran's Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf, senior U.S. officials told NBC News.

The 10 American sailors were on a training mission around noon ET when one of the boats may have experienced mechanical failure and drifted into Iranian-claimed waters, officials said. Iran's coast guard took them into custody.

The officials said it's unclear whether the sailors — nine men and one woman — aboard the two small riverine vessels had strayed into Iranian territorial waters before they were captured.

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Supposedly 2 of these boats:
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[HavocXphere]

oh snap.

Well this is going to end in tears

 

[Dave]

Well this is going to end in tears

Exactly what I thought when I saw the story.

 

[crackersa]

Drama queens. Article says they are expected to be released

 

[Dave]

Drama queens. Article says they are expected to be released

They will, with big fuss and PR, just like the RN sailors that were seized a few years ago (minus any high tech comms gear etc that was in the boats that will go "missing").

 

[Rubberpigg]

Iran is showing surrender images on television.

Iran state TV footage of moment of arresting 2 US boats & personnel:

[video=youtube;WzgcgklUk7M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzgcgklUk7M[/video]

 

[daveza]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iran-frees-us-sailors-report_5696229fe4b09dbb4bad4ab8

DUBAI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Iran released ten U.S. sailors on Wednesday after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves days ahead of the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord between Tehran and world powers.

 

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

They were released with both governments making no fuss.

 

[Sneeky]

So, 2 boats, 1 with engine failure.
Firstly I will bet they are both twin engine craft, maybe bad fuel., maybe

Secondly, just throw a line and tow.

 

[BeerIsNotGood...]

oh snap.

Well this is going to end in WW3

FTFY

 

[Dave]

They were released with both governments making no fuss.

Luckily the nuclear deal is to be finalised next week and the sanctions lifted shortly thereafter, I presume Iran decided that the propaganda of the captured sailors wasn't worth the deal being delayed.

A decade of sanctions imposed on Iran’s nuclear program may come to an end by Monday, unlocking billions of dollars in frozen accounts and paving the way for a surge in oil exports from the Islamic Republic.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to report on Friday that Iran has fulfilled its commitments under July’s nuclear accord with world powers, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in Tehran. That would enable a joint announcement by Sunday implementing the deal and lifting sanctions, he said.

Iran’s foreign ministry on Tuesday sent its director of political and international affairs, Hamid Baeedinejad, to Vienna, where the IAEA is based.

The end to nuclear-related sanctions will mean that the Iranian economy is open for funds to flood in, with Iran set to get immediate access to as much as $50 billion of cash frozen in overseas accounts, according to U.S. Treasury estimates. Crude exports are expected to rise by half-a-million barrels a day within weeks.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-lifted-by-monday-as-nuclear-deal-implemented