American Detainees in Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement Saturday seeking to ratchet up diplomatic pressure on Iran to release Americans who are detained there or have disappeared there.

"We once again urge Iran's leadership to quickly resolve all outstanding American citizen cases," Clinton said.

The increased emphasis on Americans in Iran came after news that a graduate student from the United States who had been held in Iran returned this week to Los Angeles.

The student, Esha Momeni, was imprisoned for a month last year because of her research on the Iranian women's rights movement. She was freed in November but was only now able to return to the U.S.

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