Great Britain has frozen political and economic relations with Iran
British government interrupts all bilateral contacts with Iran, not concerning the release of 15 British seamen who has been kidnapped by the Iranian authorities during the patrolling of the Iraq sea borders.
The British Minister for Foreign Affairs Margaret Beckett has declared this statement in parliament. British Foreign Minister said that anybody should not have doubts concerning that, how much seriously Great Britain concern to these events.
Meanwhile Teheran has declared that in the near future it will release the only-kidnapped woman among the British seamen.
Shortly before this the British Ministry of Defense has promulgated cards and satellite data which, in their opinion, prove, that seamen have been grasped in the Iraq territorial waters, and the distance up to border made 1,7 sea miles. British vice-admiral Charles Style says, that seamen “have got in an ambush” and their capture was “unjustified and erroneous”.
15 seamen from a frigate “Cornwall” have been detained by the Iranian militaries on Friday, when British militaries came back on rubber boats to the ship after the inspection of the Iraq vessel, lead by them in Persian Gulf.
In reply to the Britain’s publication the embassy of Iran in London has declared data, which prove that during detention the British seamen have entered into the Iranian waters on 500 meters distance.
Teheran has objected any charges and said they are assured, that the Iranian and British governments are capable to resolve this question, concerning safety, by means of the close communications and cooperation.
In the meantime London tries to achieve the release of seamen by diplomatic methods. However, while it did not manage even to organize a meeting with kidnapped people and to obtain official data on their exact site.
According to BBC data, seamen are on the basis of the Guards of Islamic revolution in Teheran and they are being humanely treated.
The representatives of the British government say that they have carried on “cautious” negotiations with Iran. However, under the application of the Prime-Minister’s official representative, if such tactics does not bring any positive results, London will take more rigid measures.