Iran detained by force, blindfolded, and interrogated four US soldiers and five civilians on Sunday—but American media was reporting on the all-important Laci Peterson case, so we don’t hear about it until now.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four U.S. soldiers and five civilians on boats in the Shatt al-Arab waterway were detained, blindfolded and interrogated by Iranians for several hours on Sunday, the U.S. Central Command said on Monday.

The soldiers and three of the civilians, including a U.S. contractor, were escorted back to their boats and released on Monday but two civilian boat drivers remained in detention, a spokesman for Central Command said.

The group was “taken by force by Iranians. They were blindfolded, taken up river for about 20 minutes to a building where they were interrogated,” Cmdr. Dan Gage said by telephone from Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida.