Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On Current U.S. - Iran Relations And Why 10 U.S. Sailors Were Quickly Released

Tim Mak & Nancy A. Youssef, Daily Beast: Iran Turns U.S. Sailors Into Propaganda After Team Obama Plays Nice

Vice President Biden and Secretary of State Kerry thanked Tehran for taking good care of the servicemen they questionably captured.

Iranian state TV released a video Wednesday of a U.S. sailor apologizing for crossing into the country’s territorial waters. The apology was publicized hours after Vice President Joe Biden said the U.S. did not apologize.

“It was a mistake, it was our fault, and we apologize for our mistake,” the unnamed sailor said while being held in Iranian custody.

The sailor and nine others were released Wednesday after being held overnight in Iran. Units of the Revolutionary Guard seized two U.S. Navy boats on Tuesday in a stretch of the Persian Gulf after one boat suffered a mechnical problem. U.S. officials have not said if the boats entered Iranian waters.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On Current U.S. - Iran Relations And Why 10 U.S. Sailors Were Quickly Released

US sailors freed: With nuclear deal close, Iran skirts boat-loads of trouble -- Scott Peterson, CSM
Here's why the Iranian ship seizure won't derail the nuclear deal -- Armin Rosen, Business Insider
U.S. Sailors Released but Iran Won’t Stop Taking Hostages -- David Axe, Daily Beast
Did Iran 'toy' with the U.S.? -- Ali Gharib, L.A. Times
The real lesson of Iran detaining those US sailors -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX
Analysis: What Iran's 'Fast' Release of U.S. Sailors Tells Us -- Cassandra Vinograd, NBC
Restraint in the Persian Gulf -- Paul Pillar, National Interest
The freakout over the U.S.-Iran boat drama looks a bit silly now -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Outcome of naval crisis validates engagement with Iran, White House says -- Gregory Korte, USA TODAY
U.S. Media Condemns Iran’s “Aggression” in Intercepting U.S. Naval Ships — in Iranian Waters -- Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
US-Iran Sanctions Add Layer of Conflict To Relationship -- Carter Dougherty, IBTimes
Analysts: Nuclear Deal Allows Iran to Hold Obama’s Legacy Hostage -- The Tower editorial
Iran Holds Obama’s Foreign-Policy Legacy Hostage -- Josh Rogin & Eli Lake, Bloomberg