Iran acknowledges holding British-Australians on spying charges
Two British-Australian women are believed to be among three people detained.
Iran has acknowledged for the first time that it is holding three Australian nationals, including two with joint British nationality, on suspicion of spying.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili as saying the three had been charged in two separate cases.
He said two people, thought to be British-Australian blogger Jolie King and her boyfriend Mark Firkin, had been detained for using a drone to take pictures and video of military areas and other unauthorised zones.
He said the third, believed to be Cambridge-educated academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, faces charges of spying for another country.
Australia said last week it was pressing Iran to free those held.