Number of Navy Personnel Disciplined in Iran Incident Rises to Nine
Iran was within its rights to investigate but went too far in its treatment of the U.S. sailors, report says/ WASHINGTON—The Navy is taking disciplinary action against a total of nine of its personnel in connection with an embarrassing incident in January in which American sailors were detained by Iranian military authorities when two small U.S. boats mistakenly wandered into Tehran’s territorial waters. The sailors and officers failed to perform their duties and didn’t conduct proper mission planning, veering off course almost immediately ...
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