伊朗官員預計美國海軍軍人週三獲釋大綱

An Iranian military official says 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran are expected to be released Wednesday, a day after they drifted into Iranian territorial waters.

State television quoted Gen. Ali Fadavi, the Navy chief of the Revolutionary Guard, saying a mechanical problem in the sailors' navigation system caused them to enter Iranian waters.

Fadavi said earlier that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone call the U.S. should apologize for the incident.

The nine men and one woman were on two small vessels traveling in the Persian Gulf between Kuwait and Bahrain on Tuesday when U.S. controllers lost contact with them.

"There may have been mechanical failure on one of the vessels, but it is unclear at this time," a defense official told VOA. "My assumption is that they were in Iranian territorial waters when they were detained."一名伊朗軍方官員說，預計被伊朗拘留的10名美國海軍軍人將於週三獲釋。一天前，這些美國軍人乘坐的小艇進入伊朗領海。

伊朗國家電視臺援引伊朗革命衛隊海軍首腦法達維將軍的話說，這些美國海軍的導航系統發生機械故障，致使他們進入伊朗領海。

法達維早些時候表示，伊朗外長扎裏夫通過電話對美國國務卿克里說，美國應就這一事件道歉。

載有10名美國海軍軍人的兩艘小艇在波斯灣行駛於科威特和巴林之間時，美國控制人員與他們失去聯繫。這10名海軍軍人9人是男性，另外一人是女性。

一名美國國防部官員星期二對美國之音表示，“其中一艘船上可能出現機械故障，但目前還不清楚。我猜測是他們是在伊朗海域被扣留的。”