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Thursday, July 01, 2004

# Posted 5:40 AM by Patrick Belton  

IRAN WATCH: Defence Minister Geoff Hoon told the House of Commons yesterday that the six Royal Marines and two Royal Navy sailors detained by Iran for four days had not strayed into Iranian waters, and were operating inside the Iraqi border when they were forcibly escorted into Iranian territorial waters and then detained. (AP, FT, BBC) Some analysts believe Tehran was retaliating for British support of a recent International Atomic Energy Agency resolution deploring its lack of cooperation with nuclear inspectors.

In other Iranian news, two security guards attached to Iran's UN mission have been expelled from the United States for espionage, after surveilling New York landmarks and infrastructure.
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