Iran sets Dubai TV reporter free

Dubai, Jan 11, 2010 (WAM)- Iran authorities have released the Dubai TV Correspondent in Tehran, Redha Al Basha, Managing Director of Dubai Media Incorporated Ahmed Al Sheikh announced yesterday. “The release of Al Basha, a 27 year-old Syrian journalist, came following a series of frequent contacts made over the past days with the Iranian authorities concerned especially the Foreign Press Bureau at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance,'' Al Sheikh said. He confirmed the arrest of Al Basha on 28 December 2009, a development followed by extensive contacts with Iranian authorities which culminated in his release yesterday.