Iran denied on Monday any link between the recent arrest of an Italian journalist in Tehran and that of an Iranian national by Italy, amid a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.

Iran said on Monday the detention of an Iranian national in Italy at the request of the U.S. amounted to hostage-taking. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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