British Hostages Leave Tehran Airport
The 15 Royal Navy crew, held captive by Iran, left Tehran Airport at about 0800 local time (0530 BST) on a British Airways flight bound for Heathrow…
Here’s BBC’s “Q&A: Iran’s handling of sailors crisis”. Please click here…
Excerpts:
How will this go down inside Iran?
A lot of Iranians will be relieved that this crisis has come to a peaceful conclusion. The Iranian people are already fearful that the dispute with the West over the nuclear issue could end up in extensive and damaging sanctions and even military action.
How badly has this damaged UK-Iran relations?
The relations between the two countries were already bad over the nuclear issue. In an ironic way this episode may help improve relations between Iran and the UK. Senior officials from the two countries were in direct contact through the crisis.
