Iranian naval vessels seized 15 British sailors in Iraqi waters on Friday, the Ministry of Defense said.
The British Navy personnel were "engaged in routine boarding operations of merchant shipping in Iraqi territorial waters," and had completed their inspection of a merchant ship when they were accosted by Iranian vessels, the ministry said.
"We are urgently pursuing this matter with the Iranian authorities at the highest level and ... the Iranian ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office," the ministry said.
These are sad days indeed when the Royal Navy just lets some punk state kidnap their sailors. The British sank the French fleet just in case during World War II.
The story should have been about how the Iranian government was pursing the matter with British authorities and complaining about how HMS Cornwall destroyed several Pasdaran naval vessels in an unprovoked act of aggression and then went on to blast nearby Iranian naval facilities for no good reason.
