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Two Belgian tourists, imprisoned and later released by Iran, say they are concerned about the state of three US tourists held there since July 2009. The two Belgians, Idesbald van den Bosch and Vincent Boon Falleur, issued a statement in French Tuesday 26 January saying they had some contact with the Americans, who had been in solitary confinement for several months, with no contact with their families or lawyer. The two were cycling across Iran when they were arrested in September 2009 as spies, but they were released 8 December, the last time they had contact with the Americans. They ask in their statement that Iran not politicize the case of the three others, who strayed into Iran when they were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan. All five were held in Evin Prison.

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