Kuwaitis Held by Iran for 'Spying' Return Home

Two Kuwaiti journalists who were detained in Iran for more than a month on spying charges returned home on Sunday after being freed, the Gulf emirate's media reported.

Adel al-Yahya, a presenter for private satellite television channel al-Adalah, and freelance cameraman Raed al-Majed flew in on a special flight ordered by the Kuwaiti emir, the al-Watan daily reported on its website.

The two men were arrested in the city of Abadan in southwestern Iran on November 11 and were accused of illegal entry and espionage.

Kuwait categorically denied the charges and said both men had obtained a proper visa from the Iranian embassy in Kuwait City.

Yahya and Majed had travelled to Iran to produce a program for al-Adalah. The Iranian embassy said they had violated the terms of their tourist visas.