Britain seeks UN support on its sailors in Iran

Britain wants UN Security Council members to endorse a statement on Thursday that would "deplore" Iran's detention of 15 of its sailors, according to a draft text.

Britain's Defense Ministry maintains that global positioning data showed that its sailors and marines were 1.7 nautical miles (3.15 km) within Iraqi waters when they were captured on Friday by Iranian gunboats near the waterway that separates Iran and Iraq. Tehran says the vessels were in Iranian territorial waters. (Reuters)