New Photos Released by Iran Show U.S. Sailor Crying

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New Photos Released by Iran Show U.S. Sailor Crying

It’s more than just another propaganda win.

Iranian state-controlled news outlets on February 10 released new photographs of the American sailors detained last month for accidentally entering Iranian waters. The photos, as well as an accompanying video, show one of the sailors crying.

The release of the pictures comes just weeks after United States Secretary of State John Kerry apologized and thanked Iranian officials for releasing the captured sailors: “I’m appreciative for the quick and appropriate response of the Iranian authorities,” he said on January 13. “All indications suggest or tell us that our sailors were well taken care of, provided with blankets and food, and assisted with their return to the fleet earlier today.”

The pictures come on the heels of a previous set of photos that showed the detained U.S. soldiers being forced at gunpoint to kneel in submission with hands behind their heads.

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An earlier video also shows a sailor apologizing for drifting into Iranian waters.

At a debate in South Carolina on January 14, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the detainment was a “humiliation” of our sailors.

The new photos of the weeping sailor are another win for Iran—as it clearly demonstrates to regional nations who the king of the Middle East really is.

For more on this trend, read “Iran Humiliates America—and Receives Thanks in Return.”