SANAA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Yemeni government spokesman confirmed Tuesday the arrest of five Iranian crew on board an Iranian-flagged vessel laden with weapons and said they were under interrogation.

    "The Iranian crew of five is being under interrogation and results would be officially announced soon," state-owned Saba news agency quoted Hassan al Lawzi as saying.

    The Iranian-flagged ship was seized on Monday off the Yemeni coast on the Red Sea, near Medi area in the far northwestern governorate of Hajja, Saba said.

    The shipment of mostly anti-tank shells was said to be bound for the rebels in the far north rugged areas bordering Saudi Arabia.

    However, Iran has denied the reports that Yemen had seized a ship carrying weapons and Iranian crew, the Iranian official Al-Alam satellite TV Channel reported on Tuesday. 

U.S. remains waiting Iran's nuclear response: spokesman

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States remains waiting Iran's official response to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s proposal to use Iran's own low-enriched uranium and send it out to be enriched to fuel their research reactor, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said here on Tuesday.

    "We are going to wait to see what the official response is before we give any kind of possible reaction," Kelly told reporters. Full story