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The Washington Post's correspondent in Tehran has been arrested along with his Iranian wife and two American photojournalists, The Guardian reported.

Iranian judicial offficials confirmed on Friday that Jason Rezaian, who holds dual American and Iranian citizenship, had been detained and is under investigation.

Gholamhossein Esmaili, the head of Tehran's provincial judicial office, confirmed the Post's report that Rezaian had been detained, according to the state news agency Irna.

The American reporter and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, who is also a journalist, are believed to have been arrested on Tuesday evening but it was not clear if the authorities had a warrant or where they had been taken to.

Iran has detained dozens of local journalists and is branded by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as one of the world's worst enemies of the press due to the number of its imprisoned media representatives, but it has generally been more cautious in arresting those working for foreign media.