CNN: Defense Secretary Carter 'very, very angry' about treatment of 10 U.S. sailors in Iran
Washington (CNN)Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday he was "very, very angry" when he saw footage of 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iranian authorities broadcast by Iranian television news.
"To see our guys in that situation on Iranian TV -- that's really not okay," Carter said at a Pentagon news conference, adding that the United States "would not have done that."
Ten Navy sailors were detained earlier this month after two small Navy vessels strayed into Iranian waters. Footage of the sailors' capture and detention -- which included images of the sailors on their knees with their hands on their heads -- was quickly broadcast by Iran's Fars News Agency.
One of the videos showed a U.S. sailor apologizing for entering Iranian waters, saying, "It was a mistake that was our fault and we apologize for our mistake."
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