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Iran has said consular officials can visit the 15 British sailors and marines being held captive, but any hopes that they will be released quickly are fading
Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, said the group will only be freed if Britain admits they had strayed into Iranian waters.
The British foreign office said access arrangements to the captives had yet to be confirmed.
"We await further details from the Iranian government on their undertaking to act on our request for consular access to the Royal Navy personnel," a spokesman said.
"We continue to press strongly for their immediate release."
Yesterday the service personnel were shown on Iranian TV
The video shows the group being arrested, eating food in captivity and carries an interview with Leading Seaman Faye Turney.
Turney is seen looking worried, wearing Iranian clothes and smoking. She admitted the group "trespassed" into Iranian waters.
"They were very friendly and very hospitable and nice people and explained to us why we were being arrested," she said.
Tehran said Turney is to be released soon and she will carry a letter to her parents confessing to what happened.
Leading Seaman Turney Britain's Foreign Office condemned the screening of the footage and said: "It is completely unacceptable for these pictures to be on television.
"There is no doubt that our personnel were seized in Iraqi waters and were entitled to be there."
The broadcast came after Tony Blair said the time had come to "ratchet up the pressure" on Iran.
Earlier the Ministry of Defence released evidence that the 15 captive sailors and marines were in Iraqi waters when they were snatched.
Those seized on Friday include married mother-of-one Mrs Turney, 26, and 21-year-old Paul Barton.
Letter of 'confession' carried by Faye Turney All 15 British personnel were detained at gun-point after they boarded a dhow carrying suspicious cargo off the coast of Iraq.
The sailors and marines have now been held in an unknown location for five days.
The MoD said the British vessel was 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi territory when it was seized - and revealed the exact co-ordinates of the event to back up its claim.
Vice Admiral Charles Style said the position had been confirmed publicly by the Iraqi foreign ministry.
He added the Iranian government had provided Britain with two different positions for the incident - the first placing it within Iraqi waters.
But a statement from the Iranian embassy to Sky News said the sailors had strayed "0.5km deep into the Iranian waters".
"The sailors illegally entered Iranian waters. Violation of international border and their intrusive act justified their detention," the statement said.
Iran's Foreign Minister said the UK must accept its sailors were arrested in Iranian waters.
Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, said the group will only be freed if Britain admits they had strayed into Iranian waters.
The British foreign office said access arrangements to the captives had yet to be confirmed.
"We await further details from the Iranian government on their undertaking to act on our request for consular access to the Royal Navy personnel," a spokesman said.
"We continue to press strongly for their immediate release."
Yesterday the service personnel were shown on Iranian TV
The video shows the group being arrested, eating food in captivity and carries an interview with Leading Seaman Faye Turney.
Turney is seen looking worried, wearing Iranian clothes and smoking. She admitted the group "trespassed" into Iranian waters.
"They were very friendly and very hospitable and nice people and explained to us why we were being arrested," she said.
Tehran said Turney is to be released soon and she will carry a letter to her parents confessing to what happened.
Leading Seaman Turney Britain's Foreign Office condemned the screening of the footage and said: "It is completely unacceptable for these pictures to be on television.
"There is no doubt that our personnel were seized in Iraqi waters and were entitled to be there."
The broadcast came after Tony Blair said the time had come to "ratchet up the pressure" on Iran.
Earlier the Ministry of Defence released evidence that the 15 captive sailors and marines were in Iraqi waters when they were snatched.
Those seized on Friday include married mother-of-one Mrs Turney, 26, and 21-year-old Paul Barton.
Letter of 'confession' carried by Faye Turney All 15 British personnel were detained at gun-point after they boarded a dhow carrying suspicious cargo off the coast of Iraq.
The sailors and marines have now been held in an unknown location for five days.
The MoD said the British vessel was 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi territory when it was seized - and revealed the exact co-ordinates of the event to back up its claim.
Vice Admiral Charles Style said the position had been confirmed publicly by the Iraqi foreign ministry.
He added the Iranian government had provided Britain with two different positions for the incident - the first placing it within Iraqi waters.
But a statement from the Iranian embassy to Sky News said the sailors had strayed "0.5km deep into the Iranian waters".
"The sailors illegally entered Iranian waters. Violation of international border and their intrusive act justified their detention," the statement said.
Iran's Foreign Minister said the UK must accept its sailors were arrested in Iranian waters.
