Buried halfway through the story is an interesting bit of information.
Separately on Sunday, Iran’s state owned TV denied a report from the semi-official Fars news agency that Iranian forces had detained seven US troops trying to enter the country.
Fars had earlier said that: “Recently seven American troops were detained by Iranian guards in a south-eastern province of the country… Two Iranians accompanying the troops were also arrested”
There is an awful lot of positioning going on, you get the sense that something big might be on the horizon. Why would you, as the media, bury a story like that? Wouldn’t that be more of a headline? Is this planted to stir the pot? Interesting…
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Iran urges US to free detainees after hiker released
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged the US to release Iranian citizens after Tehran freed on bail a US hiker it accuses of spying.
Mr Ahmadinejad told ABC news the US government should make “a humanitarian gesture to release the Iranians who were illegally arrested and detained here in the United States”.
The remarks came as the released hiker, Sarah Shourd, arrived in the US.
Two of her fellow travellers are still in custody in Iran.
Iran says the hikers are spies and will be tried. Families say they strayed inside Iran by mistake.
Separately on Sunday, Iran’s state owned TV denied a report from the semi-official Fars news agency that Iranian forces had detained seven US troops trying to enter the country.
Fars had earlier said that: “Recently seven American troops were detained by Iranian guards in a south-eastern province of the country… Two Iranians accompanying the troops were also arrested”.
US officials say they have no knowledge of the reported arrests.
South-east Iran borders on Pakistan and Afghanistan.
But there are no US troops usually stationed in the reported area, says the BBC’s Jon Leyne in Cairo.
Our correspondent says the Fars news agency is known to be close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, but it has made spectacular mistakes in the past.
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