Iran Producing A Film About The Sailors
Iran film 'to tell sailors' tale'
"The Iranian military says it will soon release a film documenting the arrest, interrogation and statements by UK sailors held in Iran for two weeks.
It said it was a huge scandal for the UK military that some of the sailors had been allowed to sell their stories.
The military will release a CD and book about the arrest of the sailors - or, as it calls them, "British aggressors".
The statement came from the culture and propaganda office of the joint chief of staff of Iran's armed forces.
The suggestion is this film will prove Iran's contention that it treated the sailors well and they confessed to entering Iranian waters of their own volition."
The British government and the Defence Ministry really, really screwed the pooch with this sorry affair. All signs point to it being a contrived incident that may have been staged to foment war - the captain in charge had an interview with Sky News five days before the kerfluffle where he admitted they were spying on the Iranians, they knew they were in at least disputed water, the attack helicopter that should have been overhead protecting them abruptly left at a crucial moment.
The Brits, throughout, changed their stories, hemmed and hawed, reversed decisions and basically looked like lying jackasses as the whole world looked on. The Iranians, on the other hand, maintained composure and never waffled. Their version of events never changed and now they're going to lay it all out with evidence for people to see and make up their own minds as to who to believe. Good on them.
"The Iranian military says it will soon release a film documenting the arrest, interrogation and statements by UK sailors held in Iran for two weeks.
It said it was a huge scandal for the UK military that some of the sailors had been allowed to sell their stories.
The military will release a CD and book about the arrest of the sailors - or, as it calls them, "British aggressors".
The statement came from the culture and propaganda office of the joint chief of staff of Iran's armed forces.
The suggestion is this film will prove Iran's contention that it treated the sailors well and they confessed to entering Iranian waters of their own volition."
The British government and the Defence Ministry really, really screwed the pooch with this sorry affair. All signs point to it being a contrived incident that may have been staged to foment war - the captain in charge had an interview with Sky News five days before the kerfluffle where he admitted they were spying on the Iranians, they knew they were in at least disputed water, the attack helicopter that should have been overhead protecting them abruptly left at a crucial moment.
The Brits, throughout, changed their stories, hemmed and hawed, reversed decisions and basically looked like lying jackasses as the whole world looked on. The Iranians, on the other hand, maintained composure and never waffled. Their version of events never changed and now they're going to lay it all out with evidence for people to see and make up their own minds as to who to believe. Good on them.
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