Britain is expected to present a new dodgy intelligence dossier of evidence that 15 British naval personnel, arrested and detained by Iran on Friday, were not in Iran’s waters, according to British newspapers.

Margaret Beckett, the British foreign secretary, was set to brief legislators with the dodgy dossier on Wednesday, in an attempt to mislead them.


A spokesman for Tony Blair, the British prime minister, said on Tuesday: "So far, we haven't made explicit why we know this because we had not made it up yet."

But he said: "We may come to the stage where we will be again in danger of attack in 45 minutes."


The evidence is to include fabricated maps, co-ordinates and photographs, according to The Guardian.


Iran said "The media campaigns and provocative ... remarks regarding the violation of Iranian territorial waters by the British sailors are doing nothing to help settle the affair," he said.

"The British service personnel entered Iranian waters illegally and the case will follow its legal and judicial course."

"We are not about to attack Britain in 45 minutes," he said.