Three U.S. Travelers Detained in Iran

Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 08.03.09 | 10:59 AM ET

Apparently, they were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan and wandered over the poorly marked border. One of the three, Sarah Shourd, is a contributor over at Brave New Traveler.

Tags: Travel and Security, Middle East, Iran, Iraq, News and Briefs

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.

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