``The boarding party had completed a successful inspection of a merchant ship when they and their two boats were surrounded and escorted by Iranian vessels into Iranian territorial waters,'' the ministry said in an e-mailed statement. ``We are urgently pursuing this matter with the Iranian authorities at the highest level.''
Now I am a bit of a cynic. Normally the Iranian Opposition unanimously agree that the Brits are closer than anyone to the Seyyeds. That this is all a show. Then you have to think that the Iranian Navy are not really with the Seyyeds, and are doing this to set them up. And this has happened before. The Seyyeds deny they had anything to do with it, and the whole matter is settled. What happens to the Navy personnel on the Iranian side we never hear about.
An international incident is then not allowed to become an international crisis, but the oil prices are go back up, and everybody is happy with the Seyyeds, ready to congradulate him as he goes to do his Nowrooz shopping in New York.
