Iran released all the detainees of American sailors – BBC Russian

Tehran freed American military detained earlier in the Gulf, said the Revolutionary Guards of Iran.

According to the report the Revolutionary Guards, sailors invaded the country’s territorial waters inadvertently. Earlier, Tehran got an apology from the United States over the invasion of US troops in the country’s territorial waters.

In an interview with state television, Iranian commander of the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards, Ali Fadavi said that according to the results of the investigation Americans caught in the territorial waters Iran due to an error of the navigation system. They did not pursue any hostile targets with respect to Iran, and were not going to follow its territory, said Fadavi.

The United States also explained that the military conducted exercises in the Persian Gulf, but due to breakage navigation system, an American ship was in territorial waters of Iran.

In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday became aware of the detention by Iran of ten US soldiers, who were on the two warships. Iran accused the US of violating its maritime borders and demanded an apology from the country.