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Scoop Link: Iran Says British Captives to Be Freed

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Published: Thu 5 Apr 2007 01:55 PM
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Iran Says British Captives to Be Freed
By Nasser Karimi
The Associated Press
Wednesday 04 April 2007
Tehran, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would free the 15 detained British sailors and marines Wednesday as an Easter holiday "gift" to the British people.
He said the captives, who were seized while on patrol in the northern Persian Gulf on March 23, would be taken to the airport following his news conference, but Iranian state television reported they would leave Iran on Thursday. An Iranian official in London said they would be handed over to British diplomats in Tehran.
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