Iran airs second sailor ’apology’

A second member of the Royal Navy crew captured in the Gulf has apologised for "trespassing" in Iranian waters, in a broadcast on Iranian television.

The crewman, who introduces himself as Nathan Thomas Summers, says: "I would like to apologise for entering your waters without permission."

A third letter allegedly from LS Turney was released on Friday in which she said she had been "sacrificed" to the policies of the UK and US governments.

It also demanded an end to "oppressive behaviour towards other people", including prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq.

In the latest video, the crewman says he has been in the navy for two years, "operating mechanical warfare".

He then says: "Since we’ve been arrested in Iran our treatment has been very friendly.

"We have not been harmed at all. They’ve looked after us really well.

"The food they’ve been serving us is good and I am grateful that no harm has come to us.

"I would just like to apologise for entering your waters without permission. And that happened back in 2004, and the government promised that it wouldn’t happen again.

"Again I deeply apologise for entering your waters."

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