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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran seized three British naval boats Monday, which it said had entered its waters near the Iraqi border, and arrested eight British crew.
Britain reported it had "lost contact" with military personnel in the narrow Shatt al-Arab waterway between Iran and Iraq and later said they were being held by Iran.
"We can confirm that eight Royal Navy personnel from the Royal Navy training team based in southern Iraq have been detained by the Iranian authorities while delivering a boat from Umm Qsar to Basra," Britain's Ministry of Defense said.
