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The Iranian regime\u2019s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that \u201cAccording to the available information, no US citizen is under arrest or in jails in,\u201d in Iran and the individuals referred to by American officials and media are two Iranian citizens.<\/p>\n

The remarks by the Foreign Ministry spokesman comes after President Obama called on Iranian regime to free Pastor Abedini who remains imprisoned in Iran.<\/p>\n

On February 6, Mr. Obama said at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington that Rev. Abedini is serving eight years in prison in Iran \u201con charges relating to his Christian beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also earlier this month, a senior American official was quoted as saying that during their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State John Kerry had urged Iranian regime\u2019s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to “work cooperatively with us” to help detained “US citizens \u2026 Amir Hekmati and Saeed Abedini return home.”<\/p>\n

Source: News Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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