Holding a team of yacht racers for nearly one week simply because they strayed into local waters is downright bizarre. But that's what you have running the show for the time being. The Guardian:
Iran's ministry of foreign affairs has confirmed that the five British sailors arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard have been freed, the Foreign Office said.
Earlier, Iran's official IRNA news agency said the yachtsmen were freed after an interrogation by authorities found they had entered Iranian waters by mistake.
David Young, father of Oliver, one of the men being held, said he was "very relieved" at the news. He told PA he heard the news from the FCO and the sailors' team manager.
"We thought it would be over quickly," Young said. "This is what we were hoping for." Some of the mens' families are yet to be officially told of their release.
