A 70-year-old Jewish New Yorker is among four US citizens who are being held in custody in Iran, The New York Times reports.
The four prisoners all traveled to Iran to visit family, The New York Times reports, citing rights groups. The families request their relatives remain anonymous over fears their conditions could be worsened.
The 70-year-old Jewish man was among a pair of Americans arrested after the 12-day war with Israel last month, the Human Rights Activists News Agency and Hengaw rights groups say.
The man is a jewelry business owner and is being interrogated over a trip to Israel, the rights groups and his associates tell the Times.
The other is a Californian woman whose whereabouts are unknown after being evacuated from Evin prison, which was struck by Israel during the war, the Times says, citing rights groups and an Australian woman formerly held prisoner by Iran, Kylie Moore-Gilbert.
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