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The persian gulf. earlier this morning, secretary of state john kerry released a statement expressing gratitude to iranian authorities for their cooperation in resolving the matter swiftly. i am joined by tehran bureau chief and chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. the latest on nine men and one woman safe on a u.s. air base? >> that's right, they're back in bahrain, the u.s. naval basin the persian gulf after being held less than a day, about 20 hours or so by the revolutionary guard on farsi island. there's no evidence they were harmed or suffered injuries, but nevertheless as prec...

International waters at farsi island. now we are hearing claims perhaps it was a navigational error of some kind or breakdown in equipment of some kind. not clear. that will all be part of the investigation. the ten sailors, including the nine men, one woman, are back at the u.s. navy base in bahrain. one of the first things they'll do is go through reintegration protocol in which they'll be examined for any possible injuries or wounds. also any psychological damage that may have occurred as a result of detention. >> mik, going to interrupt you. secretary of state john kerry started to speak. ...

Mechanical issue that caused the boats to drift. here's mark toner just a few minutes ago. take a look. >> our initial assessment is they were treated humanely, provided with blankets, food, et cetera. we are going to wait for the sailors to be debriefed to speak to the appropriate authorities within the department of defense. i'm not going to in any -- make any effort to evaluate from here what he may or may not have said and whether he was under duress when he said it. >> we are covering the story from multiple angles. first the pentagon, nbc's jim miklaszewski. what do we know about the sai...

Leaders have for those serving in uniform that will never be left behind. their safety is paramount. there are reflections on what made such brevity of the fact that we had u.s. service members in custody by iran. jim miklaszewski joins us. talk to us about surrounding the detainment and release of those sailors and how the unfrozing diplomatic relations in iran is something that helped. >> well, quite frankly, that's the release -- how these sailors ended up in the hands of the revolutionary guard, all of that is the subject of intense investigation. ten sailors released today taken to bahrai...