Next 48 hours critical in Iran row: Tony Blair
London,
Apr
3:
British
Prime
Minister
Tony
Blair
said
today
the
way
was
open
for
diplomatic
efforts
to
secure
the
release
of
15
marines
and
sailors
arrested
and
detained
by
Iran,
and
the
next
48
hours
would
be
critical.
''The
most
important
thing
is
to
get
the
people
back
safe
and
sound
and
if
they
want
to
resolve
this
in
a
diplomatic
way
the
door
is
open,''
Blair
told
Real
Radio
in
Scotland.
''The
next
48
hours
will
be
fairly
critical.''
Reuters
Story first published: Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 19:28 [IST]