Iran suspends sailor's release

Iran has rolled back on a pledge to soon free a British woman sailor, delaying her release because of Britain's threat to freeze relations and refer the issue to the UN Security Council.

Iran's foreign minister had said Tehran would soon free Faye Turney, the only woman among 15 British sailors and marines seized last week in what Iran says were its territorial waters near Iraq.

But on Thursday the Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani told state television that British leaders "have miscalculated this issue" and if they follow through with threats, the case "may face a legal path" - presumably putting the Britons on trial.

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