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Intense U.S.-Iranian diplomacy led to the release early Wednesday of 10 American sailors captured by Iran
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“These are situations which, as everybody here knows, have the ability, if not properly guided, to get out of control,
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Trump and others said that the only reason Iran cooperated so quickly was that “they get $100 billion during the next short period of time; they don’t want to jeopardize that.”
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The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention authorizes coastal states to take “necessary steps” to prevent passage through their territorial waters that “is not innocent,” but so-called “innocent” vessels are exempt from arrest and seizure and subject only to diplomatic complaint and orders to leave
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The United States and Iran, however, are among a minority of nations that have never ratified the convention
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Through debriefing, the official said, “hopefully [the sailor] will be able to relay the story….This guy may have been doing what he needed to do to release tensions.
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According to a senior U.S. defense official, the Iranians could have pilfered some personal information from the captives.
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Fadavi also complained of what he called “irresponsible” and provocative behavior by U.S. naval forces in the region after the capture. He said that while the captured sailors accepted their predicament calmly,
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The sailors were en route to Kuwait from Bahrain in the Persian Gulf in two small riverine boats when communications with them ceased