Eight British servicemen being held in Iran have been released into the care of British diplomats, the Foreign Office said today.
The group boarded a plane in the south west of the country at 8.30 a.m. British time and were heading for Tehran, about 90 minutes away.
It is expected the men would be taken to the British Embassy, but officials were unable to say whether they would then return to Britain.
A Foreign Office spokesman said it was not clear what would happen when the troops reached the Iranian capital or where they would go from there, but said they would remain in the care of the British Embassy.
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