London/Riyadh, March 29 (DPA) United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discussed the crisis over the 15 British Royal Navy personnel held by Iran with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Thursday, reports in London said.

The two men met at the Arab League summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, amid reports in London that Britain was seeking condemnation of Iran by the UN Security Council.

A UN spokesman confirmed that the issue of the captured sailors was among the topics raised at the Riyadh meeting.

It had earlier been reported that Iran was prepared to allow British officials consular access to the captives, who have been held since last Friday.

Late Wednesday, Iranian television screened footage of the sailors and Royal Marines, among them a woman, Faye Turney.

Mottaki said Wednesday that Turney, 26, could be released "very soon."

Britain was reported to have circulated a proposed statement among the 15 Security Council members that emphasized that the Navy crew were deployed under a UN mandate, the reports said.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair called in an address to Parliament Wednesday for international pressure to be brought to bear on Iran, saying the international community should "isolate" Iran over the "illegal" capture of British citizens.