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Standoff defused as Iran frees UK sailors

By Gareth Smyth and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran and Daniel Dombey in London

Published: April 4 2007 14:26 | Last updated: April 5 2007 14:30

Fifteen British navy personnel flew home to London on Thursday after the Iranian crisis came to an end on Wednesday when Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran’s president, announced that all the detainees would go free.

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