New Delhi: Ruling out the possibility that they could be brought to trial for allegedly entering Iranian waters, Iran said the 15 British sailors and marines were being treated well, but refused to say where they were being held.
Iran's Foreign Ministry says it will finish its official inquiry before it allows British diplomats access to the 15 British naval officers who were detained on Friday.
Iran says the marines were trespassing in Iranian waters when they were captured – but Britain has said the group was in Iraqi waters under a UN mandate.
Iran has assured Britain that the sailors were safe and were being treated 'in a humane manner'.
US officials said the crisis began when British sailors boarded an Indian-flagged commercial ship suspected of carrying smuggled cars.
Meanwhile British Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned that he was prepared to take the standoff to a ''different phase'' if diplomacy fails to win their release saying his government could make public evidence that the British navy crew was in Iraqi waters when it was captured by Iran.
However, the British government on Tuesday denied it was involved in any action in the region.
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