A Navy report reveals they gave information to Iranian interrogators beyond their name, rank, service number and date of birth
US sailors who blundered into Iranian waters in January divulged sensitive information while being held at gunpoint by their captors, a US Navy report has said.
The incident, which caused the United States huge embarrassment, happened just days before the implementation of a nuclear accord between Iran and world powers.
"It is clear that some, if not all, crew members provided at least some information to interrogators beyond name, rank, service number and date of birth," the report said.
It does not name the 10 sailors involved but the Navy has identified the task force commander as Captain Kyle Moses.
He has since been relieved of his post, while Eric Rasch, commander of the squadron that included the sailors, has been fired
The report blames the incident on poor planning, inadequate risk assessment, complacency, a lack of oversight and low morale.
The sailors were travelling in two vessels to Bahrain from Kuwait when they were intercepted.
According to the report, they strayed off course and inadvertently went through Saudi Arabian territorial waters before entering Iranian waters off Farsi Island.
Near the island, one of the boats developed a faulty engine and soon after they were confronted by two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels, followed by two more
