Britain has rejected Iran’s demand that Britain admit 15 captured sailors were in Iranian waters before they can be freed. Iran made the demand as it released the first video of the sailors since their detention earlier this week. On the tape, sailor Faye Turney is shown saying the British ship had trespassed. British officials denounced the footage and said Turney’s comments were coerced. Meanwhile, the British government released satellite-positioning coordinates it says prove the ship was seized inside Iraqi waters. Iran has indicated Turney will be released because she is the group’s lone female sailor. Iran also says it will allow British officials to meet with the captives. On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for increased international pressure to secure the sailors’ unconditional release.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair: “There was no justification whatever, therefore, for their detention; it was completely unacceptable, wrong and illegal. We had hoped to see their immediate release. This has not happened. It is now time to ratchet up the diplomatic and international pressure in order to make sure that the Iranian government understands their total isolation on this issue.”