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Iran has brought its American hostage count to at least four since the U.S. bombed its enrichment sites in June

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James O'Brien
Aug 28, 2025
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A 70-year-old businessman from New York. A woman from California. Another Iranian-American woman. A journalist once heard on Voice of America. Four American people, none of them household names, all in Iranian custody.

Two were taken after June’s U.S. bombing run on Iran’s nuclear program; two were already inside before the first B-2 crossed the Gulf. Th…

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