Pelaut tersebut, dalam taklimat mereka, mengatakan mereka diberitahu oleh penangkap mereka bahwa kalau mereka menolak untuk mengaku bahwa mereka berada di perairan Iran ketika ditangkap mereka akan menghadapi hukuman penjara tujuh tahun.
The sailors, in their news conference, said they were told by their captors that if they refused to admit they were in Iranian waters when captured they would face seven years in prison.