Syria sent detained Northwest reporter to Tehran

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Source: AP/koin

Syrian officials told Al-Jazeera that one of the network's journalists, a woman with extensive connections in the U.S. and Canada, was sent to Iran following her detention last month in Damascus, the pan-Arab broadcaster said Wednesday.

Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based network, urged Iranian authorities to provide details on Dorothy Parvaz, who went missing after leaving the Qatari capital of Doha on April 29 for Syria to report on the political turmoil there.

Last week, Al-Jazeera said Syrian authorities confirmed the detention of Parvaz, who holds U.S., Iranian and Canadian citizenship. She works for the news network's English-language channel.

"We have now received information that she is being held in Tehran," the Al-Jazeera statement said, adding that the network is "deeply concerned" for Parvaz's welfare.

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