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UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council expressed "grave concern" Thursday over Iran's seizure of 15 British sailors and marines and called for an early resolution of the escalating dispute, but Iran's chief international negotiator suggested the captives might be put on trial.
The council's statement wasn't as tough as Britain had hoped, though, and the divide seemed to deepen.See the full content of this document
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U.N. Calls for End to Iran-U.K. Standoff
As the standoff drove world oil prices to new six-month highs, Turkey, NATO's only Muslim member, reportedly sought to calm tensions by urging Iran to let a Turkish diplomat meet with the detainees and to free the lone woman among the Britons.
Tensions had seemed to be cooling a day earlier, but after Iran offended leaders by airing a video of the pr...See the full content of this document
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