KHORRAMSHAHR, Khuzestan Prov. (IRNA) -- Nine Iraqi nationals, who entered Iran's territorial waters in Arvand River illegally on Friday, were seized by Iranian coast guards.

Colonel Naqib Fatemi, commander of Khorramshahr coast guards told IRNA Saturday that the Iraqi nationals, who were passing through Arvand River aboard a boat, had approached one of the wharves of Khorramshahr port when they were nabbed by the Iranian coast guards. The arrested Iraqis were handed over to judicial authorities, the colonel added