...Muslim civil rights activists reported that more than 60 Iranians, some of them American citizens, were detained at the US-Canada border, amid escalating tensions between Washington D.C. and Iran.The Council on American-Islamic Relations reported Sunday that more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans of all ages were detained at length and questioned by officers at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine, Washington.
...A 24-year-old American medical student named Crystal was allegedly detained and interrogated for more than 10 hours with her family at the Peace Arch Border Crossing before being released early Sunday morning.
...A North Vancouver man who was born in Tehran but is a Canadian citizen told a CBC reporter he and his family and dozens of other Iranians were detained for '8+ hours at the Peace Arch border' crossing yesterday.
...Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington, tweeted that reports have emerged of Iranian Americans - some of whom are U.S. citizens, are being detained at the Canadian border.
...'Deeply disturbed by reports that Iranian Americans, including U.S. citizens, are being detained at the Canadian border with WA State.
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