Hope this is relevant- (from the scotsman.com)
6:07pm (UK)
British Sailors Forced into Iranian Waters, Says Hoon
By Nick Mead, Political Staff, PA News
The eight British servicemen seized by Iran last week were “forcibly escorted into Iranian territorial waters” before they were detained, the Ministry of Defence said today.
The six Royal Marines and two Royal Navy sailors were captured after their patrol boats were said to have strayed by mistake into the Iranian side of the Shatt al Arab waterway – sparking a tense three-day stand-off.
It was thought the men had accidentally entered Iranian waters on their way to Basra to deliver one of the patrol boats to the new Iraqi Riverine Patrol Service.
But in a written statement Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said: “In a recent debriefing the crews have said that they were operating inside the Iraqi border and were forcibly escorted into Iranian territorial waters.
“Our assessment continues and will be greatly assisted by the retrieval of navigational information in the Global Positioning System equipment carried by the crews.
“We are very concerned about the blindfolding of the men and have made representations to the government of Iran.
“We have made it clear that we do not expect a recurrence of this incident.”
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Propaganda generation. Exactly who is the propaganda to be for? It can't be us, because we know the truth. It may be an attempt to rally their population against an external enemy. It may also be designed to be an indicator to other nations of their stance, as a solicitation of some form of alliance against us.