TEHRAN, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran's state-run Arabic satellite television Al-Alam said on Sunday that it will soon air "confessions" of two detained British naval servicemen.

    Al-Alam said it would broadcast soon "some footage of confessions of two British soldiers about being arrested in Iranian waters."

    On Friday, Al-Alam showed a footage of a male British naval serviceman, Nathan Thomas Summers, confessing to entering Iran "without permission."

    On Wednesday, the same Iranian state-run television broadcasted for the first time a video footage of the recently detained British sailors, including Faye Turney, the only female among the15 British naval personnel seized by Iranian forces.

    Turney was shown on the television admitting "illegal entry" into Iranian waters.

    The 15 British naval personnel were seized on March 23 by Iranian forces when they were patrolling off the Iraqi borders. Iran has insisted that the British boats illegally entered its territorial waters. But Britain said its soldiers were in Iraqi territorial waters.

    Meanwhile, earlier on Sunday, about 200 students staged a rally outside the British Embassy in central Tehran, protesting against British naval servicemen's "illegal entry" into Iranian waters.

    The students threw rocks and firecrackers at the British embassy. But dozens of anti-riot police prevented them from entering the embassy compound, witnesses said.

    Britain's Foreign Office confirmed Sunday's protest around its embassy in Tehran, but insisted that there was no damage or injuries during the incident.

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    Iran video shows Britons pointing to map

    TEHRAN, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran's state-run Arabic satellite television Al-Alam on Sunday aired new footage of two detained British naval servicemen.

    The two British naval personnel were shown separately in two video clips, both pointing to a big map of the northern Gulf waters. They were talking in front of the camera, but their voices could not be heard. Full story