Iran Released Detained U.S. Navy sailors from Persian Gulf

Iran has released the sailors detained from two American navy vessels which had transgressed into Iranian waters, which prompted their seizure and arrest by Iranian coast guards. “10 U.S. Navy Sailors returned to US Naval custody today, after leaving Iran,” read a statement on Wednesday from Central Command- U.S. Naval Forces . “There are no signs that US Sailors were physically harmed during brief detention.”
As per the statement, Navy will investigate the situation and circumstances which led the Sailor’s in Iran.” Iranian Fars News Agency reported their release. Fars in a statement by the Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps said Iran set released US marines with detained vessels within international waters as investigations confirmed that they strayed during their sailing in Persian Gulf. In a statement, IRGC pointed that investigations proved that the U.S. combat marine vessels illegally entered in Iranian water which was not a purposeful act,” Fars said. 
An Iranian spokesman, General Ramezan Sharif, said that Iran’s next action and timing will be decided by an investigation. Later, Iranian officials told they determined that faulty navigation devices was cause for the “intrusion.” “Due to technical, operational investigations in interaction with the relevant political, national security authorities of country and as it has became clear that US combat ship's illegal entry in Islamic Republic of Iran waters was result of un-purposefulness action was mistake and as they extended unconditional apology, decision was made to free them,” Fars said.

“The Americans agreed not to repeat similar mistakes,” it read and continued, “US captured marines released in international waters as the supervision of the IRGC Navy was on.” Iran earlier released several marine sailors photos, sitting around and faces looking bored. The exact incidence and circumstances triggering the incident, which draw volatile situation in U.S.-Iranian relations, remained still unclear.  

The two marginally small boats, which are used normally on coastal waters and rivers, were sailing from Kuwait to Bahrain through Persian Gulf when disappeared from the Navy radars. Senior officials claimed the vessels might appeared experienced mechanical problem or exhausted fuel, but agency Fars- Iranian news agency, claimed the sailors had been “spying.” The Iranian Navy seized the boats with their crews to Iranian Farsi Island, where Iran said a naval base on northern Persian Gulf.