DHAKA: Iran’s supreme leader has awarded medals to navy commanders for capturing US sailors who entered Iranian territorial waters this month.

Iran’s state media said on Sunday, reports The Jerusalem Post.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had said Iran should remain wary of its arch-enemy the United States even after a landmark accord over Tehran’s nuclear program, awarded the Fath (Victory) medal to the head of the navy of the Revolutionary Guards and four commanders involved in the seizure of two US Navy boats.

Iran has awarded the Fath medal since 1989 to war heroes, military commanders and politicians, especially those linked to the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

BDST: 1853 HRS, JAN 31, 2016
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