Kuwait - Agencies
Kuwaiti foreign ministry source underlined that the two Kuwaiti citizens, who were arrested in Abadan in Iran and accused of espionage, were working for a private TV channel and were assigned to film a social program. The two citizens "had obtained the required visa from the Iranian authorities concerned to carry out their task," the source told Kuwait news agency (KUNA). He said the Kuwaiti authorities started contacting the Iranian authorities to clarify the situation and secure the citizens'' release.