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Report: US Navy Vet Detained in Iran Since July

A U.S. Navy Veteran has been in Iranian prison since July on unspecified charges, according the New York Times. According to his family, Michael R. White, 46, from Imperial Beach, California, was due to return from Iran where he was visiting his girlfriend on July 27, but never boarded his plane, the Times reported. White's mother, Joanne White, told the Times that she had filed a missing-person report and had been in touch with the U.S. State Department and Department of Homeland...

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