Ali Shakeri, an American Iranian peace activist and academic disappeared while on a visit to Iran last month but officials initially denied his arrest.
These arrests of dual nationals have sent shock waves through the huge Iranian diaspora.
They have also prompted many academics to think twice about attending conferences in Iran.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini confirmed that the government is holding Ali Shakeri and investigating him for charges of spying.
He is the third American academic of Iranian origin to be jailed in Iran in the last month.
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