A spokesman for the Foreign Office in London said the six Royal Marines and two British sailors accompanied by British consular officials had boarded a plane on their way to Tehran.
The eight, along with three vessels, were detained on 21 June in the Shatt Al-Arab waterway that runs along the Iran-Iraq border for allegedly straying into Iranian territorial waters.
Britain's Defense Ministry has said the eight were assisting in the training of Iraqi border guards.
(Agencies)
The eight, along with three vessels, were detained on 21 June in the Shatt Al-Arab waterway that runs along the Iran-Iraq border for allegedly straying into Iranian territorial waters.
Britain's Defense Ministry has said the eight were assisting in the training of Iraqi border guards.
(Agencies)
