London - The youngest British captive held by Iran said in an interview published on Monday that the gifts the Iranians gave to the seized sailors were a cheap load of old junk - and they stole his iPod.

Royal Navy able seaman Arthur Batchelor, 20, said the suits they were given were “tacky”, the CDs and DVDs do not work and there was no sign of his iPod portable media player, worth £160 (R2 229).

Via news24.com

The 11 books Batchelor was given were in English and mostly aimed at trying to convert the reader to Islam, with titles like Youth and Morals, The Divine Intervention and Knowing God. He also received some toffees and a bag of nuts.

“They’re a bit pathetic,” Batchelor told the Daily Mirror newspaper of the gifts.