Nicholas Burns

Nicholas Burns spoke to Stephen Sackur at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Stephen Sackur talks to Nicholas Burns, the US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs.

The British Government has released satellite information it says proves the 15 navy personnel captured by Iran were not in Iranian waters when they were seized.

The Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said diplomacy to free the captives had entered a new phase and that all other business between Britain and Iran was frozen.

Nicholas Burns is the US Under Secretary of State.

In an interview for Hardtalk he said every member of NATO is behind Britain.

And he condemned what he called Iran's 'odious and reprehensible behaviour'. He talks to Stephen Sackur.

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