Two British citizens detained in Iran - Man and woman held in city of Kerman on security-related charges, Iranian state media reports

Two British nationals are detained in Kerman, Iran, over security-related charges. Iranian media showed them meeting with the British ambassador, but did not identify them or specify the detention date.

DUBAI : Two British nationals, a man and a woman, are in custody in Iran’s southeastern city of Kerman on security-related charges, state media reported on Thursday. Iran’s official news agency published blurred images of the two meeting with the British ambassador but did not identify them. It was not clear when they were detained.

Two British nationals - a man and a woman - have been arrested in Iran, the Foreign Office has confirmed. News of their arrest first came from state-run media in Iran which said they were in custody in the south-eastern city of Kerman, accused of unspecified security-related offences.

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have placed in custody two British nationals accused of unspecified security offences, state media reported Wednesday. Official news agency IRNA said the two were being held in the central Kerman province,