Iran-Britain standoff over disputed waters
29 March 2007
Or, why my lum pah* are bigger than yours.
Iran says Britain can only resolve the issue of 15 British personnel arrested and taken to Tehran if they admit they were in Iranian waters. Britain says their GPS data shows they were in Iraqi waters. The Brits are extra cheesed that footage of the personnel was broadcast on Iranian teevee. Iranian officials have since offered British officials access to the sailors.
Craig Murray, a former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan (and very vocal critic of the UK government), says the border between Iranian and Iraqi waters is murky (sorry) at best. And that the border shown in the British evidence was, well, decided by the British government.
So the issue is much more complex than it appears (as if it wasn’t already complex enough). I’d be interested to see what the Iraqi government has to say about where they think the border is. Because surely the border should be a decision made between Iran and Iraq, not Britain. If Britain then turns around to say they have the authority to decide on the border (and I would be FLOORED if they say that), well well.
* Lum pah refers to a man’s testicles.
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