UK boat crew held by Iranian navy

**Five Britons have been detained by the Iranian navy while sailing a yacht from Bahrain to Dubai, the Foreign Office has said.**The sailors were crewing a boat belonging to Sail Bahrain when they were stopped on 25 November.

The Foreign Office said it was possible the crew, who are still in Iran, may have “strayed inadvertently into Iranian waters”.

The five are understood to be safe and well and their families informed.