Alwaght- Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, met on Sunday with Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC) Navy staff who arrested the US Marines.
Ayatollah Khamenei personally praised the IRGC forces' measure, painting their act as timely and praiseworthy.
The leader received on Sunday the IRGC naval forces who arrested 10 US sailors after they trespassed in to Iran’s territorial waters on January 12.
The Leader stated that the praiseworthy measure by the IRGC forces stemmed from their faith and courage and was taken in the right time.
Ayatollah Khamenei added that the capture of the US sailors “was in fact an act of God, who brought the Americans in to our waters so they would be arrested with their hands on their heads through your timely measure.”
On January 13, the IRGC announced that ten US Marines, who had drifted in to the country's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf and had been taken in to Iranian custody, had been released after Americans apologized for the incident.
Earlier the same day, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, the commander of the IRGC Navy, said two US Navy crafts carrying 10 Marines had reached three miles in to the waters surrounding the Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf.
Fadavi added that the trespassing occurred because of technical problems with the navigation systems of the American vessels.
