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Pentagon: Two Navy boats in Iranian custody

Pentagon: Two Navy boats in Iranian custody
Posted at 2:09 PM, Jan 12, 2016
and last updated 2016-01-12 16:37:54-05

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it briefly lost contact with two small Navy craft in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday but has received assurances from Iran that the crew and vessels will be returned safely and promptly.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook tells The Associated Press that the boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain when the US lost contact with them.

Cook says, "We have been in contact with Iran and have received assurances that the crew and the vessels will be returned promptly."