Iran's state television said Friday it would air footage of confession by one of the detained British sailors.

Al-Alam, Iran's state-run TV channel, said it would air the confession later Friday. But the channel did not specify what kind of confession it will show or which detained sailor will make the confession.

Last Friday, 15 British naval personnel were seized by Iranian forces when they were patrolling off the Iraqi borders.

Iran has insisted that the British boats illegally entered its territorial waters. But Britain said its soldiers were in Iraqi territorial waters.

The UN Security Council in a statement on Thursday called for early solution of the 15 British sailors detained by Iran.

Source: Xinhua