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          Featured Brokersponsoreci link TEHRAN (Reuters) - A leading Iranian
          lawmaker said on Monday the illegal
          entry of three detained U.S. citizens into
          the country may have been related to
          unrest that erupted after Iran's June presidential election.
          Iran detained the three Americans more than a week ago after they
          strayed across the border from Iraq, according to Iraqi officials.
          “Their illegal entry cannot be altogether unrelated to the post-election
          unrest ... What mission were the three pursuing in Iran? Why did not
          they apply for Iran visas?” said Mohammad Karamirad, a member of
          parliament's Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee, the
          official IRNA news agency reported.
          “In the most optimistic scenario, we think that the three had plans to
          interfere in Iran's internal affairs,” Karamirad said.
          The United States sent strong messages to Iran urging the release of
          three hikers, U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.
          President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election has sparked
          Iran's worst unrest since the 1979 Islamic revolution. At least 20 people
          were killed and hundreds were detained in the street unrest after the
          June 12 poll.
          U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of France, Britain, Italy
          and Germany decided not to congratulate Ahmadinejad on his
          re-election.
          Western governments are also locked in a dispute with Iran over its
          nuclear program, which Tehran says aims to produce electricity but the
          West suspects is a covert weapons program.
          (Writing by Parisa Hafezi, Tehran newsroom; Editing by Jon Boyle)
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