The Iranian navy has rescued 28 crew members from a Chinese ship hijacked by pirates, state TV reported.

Five British sailors were being detained in Iran today after their racing yacht was stopped by the Iranian navy, the Foreign Office said.

Five British sailors have been detained in Iran after their racing yacht was stopped by the Iranian navy while sailing from Bahrain to Dubai, the British Foreign Office said tonight.

Iran today claimed a video of its gunboats harassing American warships in the Persian Gulf was made up.

British sailors seized today in Iraqi territorial waters were taken by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards navy, a radical force that operates independently from the regular Iranian Navy, a US official said.