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Some deal with Iran by UK, like the on they had with Qaddafi?
Story:
British yachtsmen held for a week freed by Iran
The crew were on their way to take part in the Dubai-Muscat yacht race
Five British yachtsmen held by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard for a week have been freed, the UK Foreign Office has confirmed.
They are said to have drifted into Iranian waters mistakenly while sailing from Bahrain to Dubai for a race.
Iranian radio said they had been freed at 0730 local time (0400 GMT). It is thought they were held on Siri island.
A statement by the Revolutionary Guard said interrogations had revealed their “illegal entry” had been “a mistake”.
Luke Porter, 21, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, Oliver Smith, 31, from Southampton, Oliver Young, 21, from Saltash, Cornwall, Sam Usher, 26, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and Bahrain-based David Bloomer, who is believed to be in his 60s, were held on 25 November.
‘Very relieved’
Iran’s official IRNA news agency said the five had been freed after an interrogation by authorities established that their yacht had entered Iranian waters “by mistake”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8389946.stm