Fox News, February 11, 2016 – Iranian state TV showed video Wednesday of one of ten captured U.S. Navy sailors in tears while the group was being held by the country’s Revolutionary Guard last month.
The footage, which was shown on the official Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, was condemned by the Navy, who called the sailors’ captivity “outrageous and unacceptable.”
In an extensive statement Wednesday, Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, spokesman for Naval Forces Central Command, said the Iranians should have escorted the riverines into international waters and offered assistance for mechanical issues, if necessary.
“Professional mariners understand that it is a duty and obligation to assist other mariners who suffer mechanical problems or who find themselves off track at sea,” Stephens said, according to Navy Times
 Secretary of State John Kerry told Fox News Jan. 28 that the video angered him.
“I was furious about it, and I immediately contacted my counterpart and we indicated our disgust,” Kerry said. “It was very, very unfortunate, inappropriate. And as a former sailor, and member of the military, I was infuriated by it and I expressed that very directly to my counterpart.”