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March 30, 2007

Blair Says Iran Will Face Continued Isolation Over British Sailor
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=16DBE5D:A6F02AD83191E160D1946F07EADC6E7A9574F7DCC14957C0 British PM says
people's sense of disgust with Iran only enhanced by seeing captives
being paraded around and manipulated





British Prime Minister Tony Blair comments on standoff with Iran, 30
Mar. 2007British Prime Minister Tony Blair is warning that Iran will
face continued isolation if it keeps acting the way it has with 15
captive British sailors and marines.

In a brief statement to reporters Friday, Mr. Blair said people's
sense of disgust with Iran is only enhanced by seeing the captives
being paraded around and manipulated. He said there is only one
solution to the crisis - that they be released safe.

The Iranian embassy in London today released a third letter from the
only female in the group of detainees, Faye Turney. In it, she says
she has been "sacrificed" to use her word because of the policies of
the United States and Britain.







Iranian state-run Al-Alam television image shows British sailor Nathan
Thomas SummersEarlier, Iranian television broadcast video of a male
sailor, Nathan Thomas Summers, apologizing for illegally entering
Iranian waters in the northern Persian Gulf last week. He was shown
sitting with the female detainee and another serviceman. The TV
channel previously showed a similar taped confession from the woman.

Britain maintains that its naval personnel were seized in Iraqi
waters.

On Thursday, the United Nations Security Council expressed "grave
concern" about the detention, and called for an early resolution to
the standoff.

European Union foreign ministers are to discuss the crisis at a
meeting in Germany Friday, and are expected to express solidarity with
Britain.

The British Foreign Office confirmed that its embassy in Tehran has
received a message from the Iranian government, but it did not
disclose the contents. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said the message
is being given "serious consideration" and that a formal response will
be sent to Iran soon.

Turkey confirms that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has
promised to consider a Turkish request for Tehran to free the woman
detainee.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.