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Ten sailors aboard two U.S. Navy boats were seized by Iran in the Gulf on Tuesday (January 12), and Tehran told the United States the crew members would be promptly returned, U.S. officials said. A senior U.S. defense official said the U.S. had lost contact earlier in the day with two small craft en route from Kuwait to Bahrain. U.S. officials told Reuters it was unclear how or if the boats became disabled. Iranian Foreign […]
U.S. Republican presidential candidates reacted on Tuesday (January 12) to reports Iran detained 10 U.S. sailors who were traveling from Kuwait to Bahrain. Plans are in place for Iran to return the sailors to a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters early Wednesday (January 13), a U.S. defense official said late Tuesday. Republican front-runner Donald Trump said the sailors’ capture was an indictment on the state of U.S. policies. “They said they’re going to release […]
The U.S. Department of Defense released video showing the type of U.S. Navy boats seized by Iran just hours before President Barack Obama was due to deliver his last State of the Union address. The U.S. believed that the 10 U.S. sailors being held in Iran will likely not be allowed to leave Tuesday (January 12) night, given the late hour, two U.S. officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Earlier, U.S. defense officials […]
