Teheran releases US sailors, boats

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have released 10 US sailors and their patrol boats after investigations showed they had entered Iranian waters unintentionally, a statement said on Wednesday.

"It was determined that the detained US Marines did not enter Iranian waters intentionally. Following their apology, they have been released to international waters in the Gulf," Iranian state television quoted a Guards statement as saying.

The announcement was soon followed by publication of the first images of the detained sailors - nine men and a woman - who were pictured sitting in a room on Persian rugs.