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Iranian negotiator: No need to try Britons


Seeks diplomatic resolution to captured sailor crisis
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 2, 2007 14:45:10 EDT

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s chief international negotiator said Monday that the country wants to resolve the crisis over 15 captured British sailors through diplomacy and there is no need to put the crew on trial.

In London, an official said earlier that Britain has agreed to consider discussing with Iran how to avoid future disputes over contested waters in the Persian Gulf.

Ali Larijani, the Iranian diplomat, said his country’s priority “is to solve the problem through proper diplomatic channels.”

“We are not interested in letting this issue get further complicated,” he told Britain’s Channel 4 television news.

Britain contends the sailors were in Iraqi waters, however, and has refused Iranian demands for an apology. It has also criticized the airing of footage of four of the sailors confessing so far, saying the statements appeared coerced and the broadcasting of captured military personnel violated international norms.

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