Iran Moves to Free British Sailors

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Published April 4, 2007 at 10:04 AM EDT

Iran's president announces that 15 British sailors and marines held since March 23 for allegedly straying into Iran's territorial waters will be freed. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies talks with Steve Inskeep.

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