U.S. Negotiators Raised Issue Of Detained Americans During Iran Talks, White House Official Says

BuzzFeed - The interim deal reached with Iran over its nuclear program does not contain requirements about the Americans detained in the country. View Video › WASHINGTON — The issue of the American citizens detained in Iran was raised by U.S. negotiators during the process of negotiating the deal on Iran's nuclear program, a senior White House official said on Monday. "We raised two issues with the Iranians in our discussions with them," Deputy National security adviser Ben Rhodes said on CNN on Monday. "One is the nuclear program; the other is Americans detained in Iran." "President Obama raised it with President Rouhani when they spoke," Rhodes said. "We raised it at a working level on the margins of the P5+1 talks. That includes this pastor. It also includes other Americans. For instance, we've been concerned about, of course, the whereabouts of Bob Levinson, who's been missing for a long time." Rhodes called the detainees "another issue we raised regularly with the