GEO 436 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Wednesday for a second time with families of three American hikers being held in Iran since July 2009 and discussed ongoing effort to win their release, officials said. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said the meeting took place as officials sought to explain to the families “steps that we are taking to do everything possible to gain their release.” Washington, which has no diplomatic relations with Tehran, has asked Austria to help in the matter, Crowley noted. The meeting came less than a week after the families expressed concern over the health of the detainees, who have not been formally charged by Iran. Relatives of Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, said last week that Swiss diplomats that visited the detainees for the first time in nearly five months found them weak and demoralized.
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