The United States is withholding information about the way Iran treated American sailors it captured earlier this year in the Persian Gulf.
Iran seized two American ships that were stalled in the gulf waters.
But Americans were not given a full accounting of what happened to the sailors on those vessels at the time of the incident. Footage of the Iranians photographing the sailors in prisoner positions briefly appeared on Fox News and a few other news networks in the United States before the State Department released a statement saying the matter was being “handled.”
Now Congressman Randy Forbes of Virginia has told the Washington Free Beacon that the Obama Administration is holding back some shocking details about Iran’s treatment of the sailors. Forbes said the sailors were photographed in tears and humiliated in other ways.
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Forbes told the Free Beacon information he had the opportunity to review the classified information. However, he said that because it is classified, it could take up to a year before the information is released to the general public, if it is at all.
Forbes added that the incident included violations of international and maritime law — and said in the interview that the United States did almost nothing in response to the aggression.