Iran detains 10 American sailors; US expects their prompt return

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT: Iran detained 10 US sailors aboard two US Navy boats in the Gulf on Tuesday in an incident that rattled nerves days ahead of the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord with Tehran. Late on Tuesday, a US defense official said plans were in place for Iran to return the sailors to a US Navy vessel in international waters early on Wednesday. Both US and Iranian officials described the sailors, whose boats may have inadvertently drifted into Iranian waters, as safe and well-treated. US defense officials said nine men and one woman were aboard the two vessels seized. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told CNN that "We have received assurances from the Iranians...