Story Created:
Mar 28, 2007 at 3:20 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Mar 28, 2007 at 3:20 PM CDT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian state television has shown video
footage today of a British servicewoman and others in a group of
seized British sailors and marines.
It shows the crew eating. The woman, Faye Turney, is seen
wearing a white tunic with a black headscarf draped loosely over
her hair. Turney says in the video, "Obviously we trespassed into
their waters."
The British government is condemning the airing of the video.
The Foreign Office says it's "completely unacceptable." It also
continues to insist the British crew was captured in Iraqi waters.
The Iranian Embassy in London has released a letter Turney
allegedly wrote to her parents. It says the crew had "apparently
gone into Iranian waters." The letter also says she has written to
Iranian officials, apologizing for entering their waters.
The letter says she is being "well looked after" and is
getting three meals a day. And it describes the Iranian people as
"friendly and hospitable, very compassionate and warm."
Earlier today, Iran's foreign minister said the woman would be
released today or tomorrow.
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