Dalam sebuah pernyataan yang telah disepakati, kelompok pesonel militer itu mengatakan, mereka diberi peringatan bahwa jika mereka tidak mengakui melanggar wilayah perairan Iran, mereka akan menghadapi hukuman penjara tujuh tahun.
In an agreed statement, the military personnel said they were told that if they did not admit they had strayed into Iranian waters, they faced seven years in prison.