Iran 'access' to Iraq detainees

BBC: Iran's state news agency says an envoy is being given access to five Iranians detained by US forces in Iraq.
The unconfirmed Irna report said Iran's embassy in Baghdad was sending a representative to see the detainees.

Tehran maintains the five, seized from the consulate in Irbil, northern Iraq, are diplomats, but the US accused them of providing support to insurgents.

Some commentators have viewed Iran's arrest of a UK naval crew in the Gulf as a reaction to the Irbil detentions.

Quoting "reliable sources", Irna gave no details of when any meeting was meant to take place.