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Iran confirmed Tuesday the arrest of three American hikers who crossed into the country from neighboring Iraq and said they have been charged with "illegal entry," a semi-official news agency reported.
Sarah Shourd, like the other two hikers, is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
1 of 2 The three were arrested in the western Iranian city of Marivan, the deputy governor of Kurdistan province, Iraj Hassanzadeh, told the Fars News Agency.
Earlier, Swiss diplomats in Iran and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington had urged Iran to provide information on the hikers.
"Obviously, we are concerned," she said. "We want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible and we call on the Iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing Americans and return them as quickly as possible."
The three American friends -- seasoned travelers who are former students at the University of California, Berkeley -- had been hiking along with a fourth companion through parts of Iraq's Kurdistan region last week.
On Friday, when the fourth companion stayed behind at a hotel in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, the three others apparently crossed the unmarked border with Iran and were detained.
source: cnn.com