The Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel were taken after they had boarded a dhow during a routine patrol in the Shattal-Arab waterway at 10am local time.
In a land of hardship and resignation and deep faith, the disaster along the ShattalArab appears to some as the work of a higher power.
在这片困苦、屈从、又有着深刻信仰的土地上,阿拉伯河沿岸的灾难似乎是更高深的力量在左右。
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Iranian officials said the boats entered their country's part of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway that divides Iran and Iraq and which has long been a source of tension between both Gulf neighbors.