This US Navy photo released January 12, 2016, shows the type of riverine command boat apprehended by Iran on January 12, 2106. US officials said they were working to recover 10 US Navy personnel who lost radio contact and were apprehended, in riverine command boat’s on January 12, 2016 after straying into Iranian territorial waters. In the picture, a boat from Riverine Detachment 23 operates with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), not pictured, during a maritime air support operations center exercise on June 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO
This US Navy photo released January 12, 2016, shows the type of riverine command boat apprehended by Iran on January 12, 2106. US officials said they were working to recover 10 US Navy personnel who lost radio contact and were apprehended, in riverine command boat’s on January 12, 2016 after straying into Iranian territorial waters. In the picture, a boat from Riverine Detachment 23 operates with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), not pictured, during a maritime air support operations center exercise on June 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO

WASHINGTON: Iranian forces seized 10 US sailors Tuesday after their Navy patrol boats strayed into hostile Gulf waters, in a setback to thawing ties between the foes.

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