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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Iran frees five British sailors AFP - Thursday, December 3 Send IM Story Print Picture released by Team Pindar shows the Kingdom of Bahrain racing yacht. Five British yachtsmen detained in the Gulf last week by Revolutionary Guards were freed after it was determined they inadvertently strayed into Iran's territorial waters. TEHRAN (AFP) - – Five British yachtsmen detained in the Gulf last week by Revolutionary Guards were freed on Wednesday after it was determined they inadvertently strayed into Iran's territorial waters, Tehran and London said. "The five Britons who had illegally entered with their vessel into the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran and who were arrested near Siri island have been freed hours ago," the Guards said in a statement carried by Fars news agency. The British Foreign Office said Iran confirmed the release. "The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have confirmed that the five yachtsmen have been released," a spokesman said in London. "We understand that they are being towed to international waters and will be met by a representative from the sailing company." The Guards, whose navy patrols Gulf waters, said the five sailors were interrogated and "after investigation it became evident that their illegal entry was a mistake." "So they were freed after taking the needed written commitments." The ISNA news agency also reported the releases. Related article: Families' joy as yachtsmen freed "The five Britons were released an hour ago," it said in a report released at around 9:00 am (0530 GMT). The five had been held since November 25, and on Tuesday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie warned they would be dealt with "firmly" if found guilty of illegal entry into Iranian waters. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband had pressed his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki to release the five -- Oliver Smith, Oliver Young, Sam Usher, Luke Porter and sports journalist David Bloomer, who holds dual Irish-British nationality. Miliband had said they appeared to have "inadvertently" strayed into Iranian waters, adding that the incident had "nothing to do" with politics or the stand-off over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, which the West suspects has military aims despite Tehran's denial. But Tehran accused London of politicising the issue. "This was not a political issue at all, but the British government... tried to take advantage from this politically and exaggerated the issue," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told Mehr news agency after the men were freed. Families of the five expressed relief at the news they would be released. David Young, father of 21-year-old Oliver, said he was "very relieved," adding: "We thought it would be over quickly. This is what we were hoping for." Andrew Pindar, chairman of the Sail Bahrain team which owns the sailors' yacht, had said the vessel may have drifted into Iranian waters because of a damaged propeller. "We received a call from the crew stating that they had been stopped by an Iranian navy vessel," he said in a statement on Tuesday. "We understood that the crew believed they were in UAE waters, but due to a fault with the propeller, they may have inadvertently drifted into Iranian waters." The five were sailing from Bahrain to Dubai for a race when their yacht, "The Kingdom of Bahrain," was stopped last Wednesday in the Gulf, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. They were believed to have been intercepted near the Iranian-controlled island of Abu Musa, whose ownership is disputed by Iran and the United Arab Emirates, a Bahraini interior ministry source told AFP. The five's seizure was reminiscent of the detention by Iran of 15 British Royal Navy personnel in the Gulf in 2007. In that incident, eight sailors and seven marines were captured on March 23. Britain insisted they were in Iraqi territorial waters, while Tehran said they were in Iranian waters. During the 13 days they were held, the 14 men and one woman were not mistreated but they were paraded on Iranian television, sparking anger from Britain and other Western governments. 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