World | Iran Iran: We Detained 7 US Troops at Border Report says they were trying to cross over By Polly Davis Doig Posted Sep 19, 2010 7:27 AM CDT Copied In this photo taken Feb. 4, 2010, a padlocked gate is seen at the al-Sheeb land crossing on the border with Iran, south of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) Iran may have let one US hiker go, but a semi-official state media source says it's snagged 7 US troops who were attempting to illegally cross the border, Reuters reports. The Fars news agency today said, without citing a source, "Recently seven American troops were detained by Iranian guards in a southeastern province of the country ... Two Iranians accompanying the troops were also arrested." Read These Next More big names lend support to Stephen Colbert. Ozzy Osbourne has died weeks after his "final bow." In-N-Out chain angers its loyal California customers. The House is starting its summer break early, thanks to Epstein. Report an error