Two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, it has been reported.

The Times says one of the women was arrested with her boyfriend 10 weeks ago on unknown charges while another woman was jailed for 10 years.

Iran has held several dual nationals in recent years, including the British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Australia’s foreign ministry confirmed assistance was being given to the families of the Australians being held.

The two cases are not thought to be linked.

The two women are believed to be the first British passport holders without dual Iranian nationality to be held in the country in recent years, the paper reports.

They are understood to be in Tehran’s Evin jail, where Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 41, a mother of one from London, has been held on spying charges since 2016. She denies the allegations.

One of the women is thought to be in the same ward for female political prisoners as Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said: “Our hearts reach out to the families involved. It is tough being at the wrong end of Iran’s hostage taking.

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Two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, it has been reported.

Two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, it has been reported.

Two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, it has been reported.

Two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, it has been reported.

Two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, it has been reported.