Iran says they will try the captured Britons for espionage. This is exactly what they said the last time they seized British hostages, only to release them three days later after they had paraded them blindfolded before the TV cameras. Today there is speculation that they will hold them until they are exchanged for Iranian Revolutionary Guardsmen who are being held by U.S. forces in Iraq. Meanwhile, the Security Council voted yesterday to impose new sanctions on Iran in response to their defiance regarding their nuclear program.

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