LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday it was time to increase the pressure on Iran to free 15 Royal Navy crew members, and the British military released what it said was proof that their boats were within Iraqi territorial waters when they were seized.
"There was no justification whatever ... for their detention, it was completely unacceptable, wrong and illegal," Blair told the House of Commons, shortly after the Ministry of Defense released satellite data that it said proved the crew was in Iraqi waters.
"We had hoped to see their immediate release; this has not happened. It is now time to ratchet up the diplomatic and international pressure in order to make sure the Iranian government understands its total isolation on this issue," Blair said.
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