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New clips of Navy crew aired
New clips of Navy crew aired
Iranian TV has shown new footage of two British service personnel apparently "confessing" to trespassing into their territorial waters.The two men shown in the video, named as Royal Marine Captain Chris Air and Lieutenant Felix Carman, looked in good condition, wearing clean smart military fatigues.Captain Air, who appeared first, said they had been shown on a GPS that they were apparently seized inside Iranian waters.He said: "So far we have been treated very well by all the people here. They have looked after us and made sure we are given enough food and treated very well by them, so I thank them for that."Lieutenant Felix Carman said he would like to tell the Iranian people: "I can understand why you are so angry about our intrusion into your waters."The Foreign Office immediately condemned the footage as "unacceptable".It came after a day in which the British Embassy in Tehran was bombarded with rocks and fire crackers during a demonstration.More than 200 students staged the protest about the stand-off between Britain and Iran and called for the expulsion of the British ambassador.It has now been eleven days since the group were captured after conducting a routine early morning anti-smuggling check on a merchant vessel on Friday March 23.Footage of two other members of the group has already been shown on Iranian TV.Leading Seaman Faye Turney has featured in several videos and letters, purportedly written by her have been released and Royal Marine Nathan Thomas Summers was shown "apologising" for entering Iranian waters "without permission."The other hostages to be named so far are Royal Marine Corporal Dean Harris, 24, from Carmarthen, west Wales, Paul Barton, of Southport, Merseyside, Royal Marine Adam Sperry, 22, of Leicester, Danny Masterton, 26, of Muirkirk, Ayrshire and Joe Tindell, 21, of south London.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.
ITN | April 2, 2007
