Well I have read that Ayatollah Khamenei was the source of the order given to kidnap British Marines and Sailors in Iraqi waters. The reason given in that story was retaliation for United Nations Security Council sanctions.

Now I am reading from Power Line That Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi der Fuhrer of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and ardent political ally of President Ahmadinejad planned the operation as retaliation for American and the Allies of the willing caught Revolutionary Guard spies in Iraq. Safavi’s end game is probably an exchange of British Marines/Sailors captured in Iraqi waters for Iranian spies captured in Iraq.

Hmm … The appearance is that Iran is doing all the sovereignty violations and expects all the due of the one violated? Typical.