The crews of two US Navy vessels were picked up by the Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, setting up a new source of friction between Washington and Tehran just days before last year’s landmark nuclear agreement is due to be implemented.
US officials said they expected the sailors to be released soon but were scrambling for more information about the incident which was revealed just hours before President Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address.
The incident comes as the administration was already facing pressure from Congress to impose new sanctions on Iran over two ballistic missile tests conducted last year.
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