US state department: Three Americans reportedly detained in Iran

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/31/iran-usa

Kurdish officials say American tourists apparently were arrested after entering Iranian territory without permission

Associated Press

guardian.co.uk, Friday 31 July 2009 22.09 BST

The US state department says it's investigating reports that three Americans have been detained by Iranians after wandering near the border in the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq.

Two Kurdish officials say the three Americans apparently were arrested after entering Iranian territory without permission.

One security official says the missing Americans were tourists on an outing.

The official says the three contacted a colleague today and said "they had mistakenly entered Iranian territory and troops surrounded them".

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