{"id":335113,"date":"2026-04-16T03:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/journalists-arrest-in-kuwait-over-iran-content-raises-crackdown-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:00:18","slug":"journalists-arrest-in-kuwait-over-iran-content-raises-crackdown-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/journalists-arrest-in-kuwait-over-iran-content-raises-crackdown-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist\u2019s arrest in Kuwait over Iran content raises crackdown concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/I3-k-90h1-I\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Journalist\u2019s arrest in Kuwait over Iran content raises crackdown concerns\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3-k-90h1-I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a Kuwaiti-American journalist known for his work at VICE, HuffPost and Al Jazeera, has been detained in Kuwait, according to press freedom advocates, after sharing videos related to the Iran war. CNN&#8217;s Isobel Yeung reports on the widening crackdown of Iran war content by Gulf states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a Kuwaiti-American journalist known for his work at VICE, HuffPost and Al Jazeera, has been detained in Kuwait, according to press freedom advocates, after sharing videos related to the Iran war. 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