Iran says it detained an 18-year-old Franco-German tourist who was on a bicycle tour of the world for an unspecified crime. Berlin and Paris have warned of politically motivated detentions, urging citizens to stay away.

A French man has been missing in Iran since mid-June, France's minister responsible for the country's residents abroad said on Monday, adding that Paris had no details on what had happened to the man.

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