They were not tourists after all

All three are reported to be experienced travellers.

Iran has arrested three American potential spies for illegally entering the country from neighboring Iraq and a prominent Iranian lawmaker said Tuesday that authorities were investigating whether to charge them with spying.

The detained Americans have been named by relatives as Shane Bauer, a Middle East-based freelance journalist from Minnesota, his girlfriend, Sarah Shourd, "gifted young correspondent"and Joshua Fattal from Pennsylvania, whose father is Iraqi. BBC

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