Iran's refusal to free 15 British sailors and Marines seized in contested Persian Gulf waters is the country's way of telling the world that it cannot be pushed around — even with new international sanctions over its nuclear programme.
"This is a very serious situation," Blair said.
US authorities are holding at least five Iranians, identified as part of an elite Revolutionary Guard unit, who were arrested in January in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on suspicion of funnelling weapons to Iraqi factions.
Tehran seizes a chance to tell world 'you can't push us around'
March 26, 2007
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