The UK government criticised the Iranian images of the Royal Navy personnel that was captured. Why did they ended up in front of the cameras and what can be inferred from their statements?
The members of the British crew from HMS Cornwall, since their capture on 23 march, by Iran, have been shown on several occasions on Iranian TVs.

The most part of the photos look like they have been taken from a video, photos in which the captured crew in tracksuits are smiling and playing chess.

They were nade to show the captives and they are being held in a secret location, without consular access, but treated well.

The Iranian television said that crew members admitted that was their usually way of life
Such Broadcasts simply enhanced people`s disgust about the captured personnel being paraded and manipulatep,said Tony Blair.
Analysts think there is a purpose behind every photo made by Iranians.

Paul Beaver: “What they are doing is managing the propaganda war,”
The UK denies that four crew members had trespassed in Iranian waters and this was seen as a reaction to the tough stance adopted by the UK at the start of diplomatic negociations.

The “confessions” aired on the state-run Al-Alam satellite channel prompted the foreign secretary and prime minister to express concern over possible coercion.
UK and Iran established a contact a little bit later, with Iran being the positive shift in diplomacy which is the reason for not airing video statements from the other 11 people from navy.
Survival instinct
Some people have questioned about the apparent willingness of the seven Marines and eight sailors seized in the northern Gulf to talk on camera in the first place.
Every prisoner of war is required to give only their name, rank and date of birth to their captors, under the Geneva Convention.

New images showing the crew relaxing
“It appeared the convention had been breached by the Iranians, but the crew were not strictly covered as its provisions related to a time of war” , said Paul Beaver..

This would traditionally include instruction in so-called conduct after capture, although specific counter-interrogation technique training is reserved for air crew and special forces.

former SAS troop leader Andy McNab, included in the military personnel, after being captured in the past, said the survival remains the most important thing in such a situation and also the main instinct.

Mr McNab: “Their job now is to keep alive, to make sure they don’t antagonise the very important people in their lives – the guards – not the political situation,” .

“So they have got to stay alive, got to make sure they don’t antagonise anyone, make sure they get fed and get medical care. So what they are doing is the correct thing.”

Professor Andrew ambert said: “They are smiling, they are taking part, but they are taking part in a way which is not wholly constructive ”

According tov Sir Alan West, the former head of the Royal Navy, likely guidance to the captured personnel would be to “say what they want you to say”.
“To be honest, it doesn`t mean absolutely anything what they are saying ,” he said.
Sir Alan also described the appearance of the captured crew on Iranian television as a “charade”.
“One doesn’t know what they’ve been promised… what they’ve been told about what they’re doing,” he said.