Bahrain Mirror: Authorities in Kuwait say four Kuwaitis detained in Iran were released to the emirate's embassy in Tehran and soon will be returning home, the Associated Press reported.

The state-run Kuwait News Agency on Monday quoted Khaled al-Jarallah, the oil-rich country's deputy minister of foreign affairs, as saying Iranian authorities were "positively cooperative." Officials say they'll return to Kuwait on Tuesday.

Kuwaiti newspaper Alrai reported the four were on a fishing trip when they strayed into Iranian waters and were detained Friday.

Iranian media quoted Kuwaiti reports about the release, without elaborating.

Kuwait recalled its ambassador to Iran in January following attacks by protesters on two Saudi diplomatic posts in the Islamic Republic. Those attacks came after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric.

Moreover, a Kuwaiti court had sentenced last January a Kuwaiti and Iranian citizens to death after accusing them of espionage for Iran and Hezbollah.

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