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| The US secretary of state has appealed to Iran for information on three Americans arrested after apparently straying across the Iraqi border. | The US secretary of state has appealed to Iran for information on three Americans arrested after apparently straying across the Iraqi border. |
| Hillary Clinton said she was "concerned" and called on the Iranian authorities to find the trio. | |
| Iran accuses the three of ignoring warnings from border guards and crossing into its territory from Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday. | Iran accuses the three of ignoring warnings from border guards and crossing into its territory from Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday. |
| The border between Iran and Iraq is reportedly poorly marked. | The border between Iran and Iraq is reportedly poorly marked. |
| "We call on the Iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing Americans and return them as soon as possible," Mrs Clinton said. | "We call on the Iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing Americans and return them as soon as possible," Mrs Clinton said. |
| She said the US still did not have official confirmation that the Iranian government was holding them. | She said the US still did not have official confirmation that the Iranian government was holding them. |
| She said Swiss officials, who look after US interests in Tehran, had not yet received formal confirmation of the trio's arrest, despite requests. | She said Swiss officials, who look after US interests in Tehran, had not yet received formal confirmation of the trio's arrest, despite requests. |
| A Kurdish government official has told the BBC the Americans had entered the region as tourists on a walking tour. | A Kurdish government official has told the BBC the Americans had entered the region as tourists on a walking tour. |
| They had travelled to the resort of Ahmed Awa, where they apparently ignored local warnings not to climb a mountain close to the border. | They had travelled to the resort of Ahmed Awa, where they apparently ignored local warnings not to climb a mountain close to the border. |
| The BBC's Jon Donnison, in Washington, says the detentions are possibly the last thing the US government wants given how strained relations already are by the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions and its recent elections. | The BBC's Jon Donnison, in Washington, says the detentions are possibly the last thing the US government wants given how strained relations already are by the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions and its recent elections. |