I seem to remember the great and the good shouting about an "act of war", when the Iranians held Mr Bean and his mates for a few days after their ship strayed into Iranian territorial waters.
In the end I think they got released with new suits as an easter gift and had been very well treated!
That was in the days of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who the msm absolutely hated and tried to stitch him up with the oft repeated lie that he said "Israel should be wiped off the map".
I remember that fucking scumbag Aaronovitch telling that lie on numerous occasions.