According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the detained Iranians had been working in Arbil with official sanction, and the liaison office was in the process of becoming a full consulate; however the office was yet to be classified as a consulate with diplomatic protection.
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One month later four Iranian Americans with dual nationalities — Ali Shakeri, Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh, Parnaz Azima — were detained for unspecified `crimes against national security.
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