Germany's foreign minister has made a fresh request for the quick return of two German journalists detained in Iran, during a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart.
The Foreign Ministry in Berlin said Monday that Guido Westerwelle also thanked Iran's Ali Akbar Salehi for his "personal engagement" in efforts to resolve the case.
The German journalists, who Iran says entered the country on tourist visas, were arrested in October while interviewing the son and lawyer of a woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
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