An American woman reportedly arrested in Iran for espionage has been located by U.S. officials and is safe and not in Iranian custody, the State Department said on Saturday, The Washington Post reports.
"We have located the U.S. citizen who appears to have been the subject of the reports and confirmed that the individual is safe," spokesman Mark Toner said. "She is not in Iran."
A U.S. official who declined to be identified due to privacy concerns, said the woman, identified by Iranian authorities as 34-year-old Hal Fayalan, is in Istanbul, Turkey, and that American consular officials have been in touch with her.
US claims American woman said to be jailed in Iran is free
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