Washington – The United States said Thursday that a fourth Iranian-American has been detained in Iran and alleged that the country’s Islamic authorities are engaged in a “disturbing pattern” of harassment against dual citizens wrongly accused of spying.
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The State Department confirmed that Ali Shakeri, a peace activist from Irvine, Calif., who has been missing in Iran for more than two weeks, is being held at a notorious prison in Tehran along with three others.
“Unfortunately, I can confirm for you that we now do know that he has also been taken into custody by Iranian officials,” deputy spokesman Tom Casey told reporters.[ap]