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Wed 12 Dec 2009Ambassador to discuss Irish man detained in Iran
IRELAND’S AMBASSADOR to Iran will meet Iranian foreign ministry officials in Tehran today to discuss the detention of an Irish sailor seized along with four Britons after their yacht entered Iranian waters last week.
The meeting follows a warning by Tehran that it will take strong action against the sailors if it is proven that they had “bad intentions” when their racing yacht entered Iran’s Persian Gulf waters last Wednesday.
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