US apologises for naval incursion

The BBC has an article about our apology for their stupidity:

The US has apologized to Iran after ten American sailors were arrested for entering Iranian waters, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards naval forces has said.
General Ali Fadavi accused those detained of "unprofessional" acts. But he suggested the group, who are being held by the guards, could be released soon.
The incident comes at a sensitive time, as the US and Iran try to implement the deal on Iran's nuclear activities. Secretary of State John Kerry has contacted Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif over the incident.
Giving his assessment of the talks, General Fadavi said that "Mr. Zarif had a firm stance, saying that they were in our territorial waters and should not have been, and saying that the US should apologize. This has been done and it will not take long, and the naval force, according to its hierarchy, will act immediately upon the orders it receives," he added.
This naval incident comes at a delicate moment for both Washington and Tehran. The process to begin lifting the sanctions imposed on Iran due to its nuclear activities is expected to get under way at the end of this week. There are many conservatives and hardliners in both countries who would dearly love to sabotage the deal and, consequently, both governments may be eager, whatever the attendant rhetoric, to get this episode resolved as quickly as possible.
How it plays out will be an important signal as to the balance of power in Tehran itself.
The Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose naval branch detained the American vessels and their crews, is amongst the more hardline elements against the nuclear deal. But the potential economic benefits of lifting the sanctions may be too great an inducement for the agreement to be derailed now.
US officials have said the sailors, nine men and a woman, are likely to be released on Wednesday. There has been no confirmation from Washington that Kerry apologized.
One of the two US riverine patrol boats developed mechanical problems while on a training mission between Bahrain and Kuwait, US officials added.
The crew and vessels have been taken to Farsi Island, the site of an Iranian naval base.
Iran's influential Revolutionary Guard, tasked with protecting the country's 1979 Islamic revolution, has strongly defended Iranian sea borders in the past. Fifteen British sailors and marines were held for thirteen days in 2007 after they were captured in a disputed area between Iran and Iraq.
Despite last year's breakthrough nuclear deal, tensions remain between the US and Iran.
In December of 2015, Iran's navy conducted rocket tests near American warships in the Strait of Hormuz, something the US called "highly provocative".

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