Map Showing Original Iranian Position on Location of British Sailors Capture and their "Corrected" Position. Source: Brietbart
Ironically, the initial map coordinates provided by Iran locating their capture of the British sailors was outside Iranian territorial waters. If that was correct, they committed an act of war, rather than purported self-defense as they have claimed. Of course Iranian diplomats scurried to change, or correct as they say, their initial report, to place the map location within Iranian territorial waters. It is pretty obvious what was going on.
Look at the huge HMS Cornwall in the map inset. Why did it allow the British sailors to go captured? It was within range and could have opened fire as seen on the map of the Iran hostage capture. The Brits were trying to avoid a confrontation. However that lapse of judgment now has led to a greater confrontation, which feasibly could result in open war with Iran, since the Iranian capture of the sailors was itself an act of war - if the map is correct. The choice was open fire and have a small battle, or not open fire and risk an even bigger one. At this point Iran is leaving no option open on a bigger battle particularly as it trots out coerced confessions from the mistreated sailors, especially Faye Turney.
