Kidnappings came day before UN resolution (GUARDIAN)

the arrests occurred just two days after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned that the country could act "illegally" in response to western pressure.

"Until today, what we have done is in accordance with international regulations. But if they take illegal actions, we too can take illegal actions and will do so," Mr Khamenei said in his annual Iranian new year message.

The Iranians have been taking the sailors hostages. They don't care whether the act was illegal.

Wolfgang