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Iran planning documentary on
sailor confessions
Reuters
Tuesday April 10, 2007
Iran's armed forces are preparing to release a documentary and
book about the detention and "confessions" of 15 British
sailors and marines held captive in Iran, a military commander said
on Tuesday.
"A documentary about their arrest, interrogation and confessions
... is being prepared and soon it will hit the market," Commander
Alireza Afshar, cited as deputy for "defence propaganda",
said in a faxed statement.
Iran released the captives on Thursday, 13 days after surrounding
their boats in what it said was its territory but Britain said was
inside Iraqi waters.
In captivity, several of the Britons were shown on Iran's state
television saying they were sorry for entering Iranian waters illegally.
Afshar's statement did not say whether the documentary would contain
any material not already shown.
The 14 servicemen and one woman said in a statement given at an
official news conference after their return to England they had
been blindfolded, bound, kept in isolation and threatened with up
to seven years in jail.
Iran has dismissed the news conference as "propaganda".
"Instead of thanking and welcoming the Islamic Republic for
its clemency in pardoning the sailors, the childish staged theatre
... once more displayed Britain's aggressive habit," Afshar
said.
The Ministry of Defence waived the rules this week barring serving
military personnel from selling their stories to media because of
huge public interest.
It revised that decision on Monday in the face of criticism, but
not before several of the soldiers sold their stories. Afshar said
letting the sailors profit from the situation was a "scandal"
for the British army.
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