The Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized two US Navy boats, entered Iran's territorial waters in the Gulf, with 10 marine on board.
"At 16.30 (13 GMT) yesterday, two small American combat boats carrying armed 10 marines were taken into custody by the combat units of the Revolutionary Guards naval force. The marines were transferred to the island of Farsi. American soldiers are in good health and kept in a suitable place. Passengers on board the units, nine men and one woman, are treated in accordance with the Islamic conduct of soldiers of the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards ".
According to the statement, the two aircraft carriers - the USS Harry S. Truman is French Charles de Gaulle - they were in international waters near the island Farsi when US boats have been captured. According to media reports in Tehran, the units would have been captured after pushing for two kilometers into Iranian territorial waters.
The marines - according to the Pentagon - they were carrying out a training mission between Kuwait and Bahrain, when due to mechanical problems they were transported adrift in Iranian waters.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has already confirmed that it would have been an accident and guaranteed the imminent release of the Americans. Reassurances also from the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif.
The Iranians would have guessed the accidental nature of the encroachment. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook confirmed the imminent release.
