Srinagar, July 20 -- A 29-year-old Kashmiri nurse has returned home after spending nearly three months in detention in Saudi Arabia in a case allegedly linked to a Facebook post featuring late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Amjad Ali Bhat, a resident of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, arrived home on Friday, July 17, after being released and repatriated by the Saudi authorities. He had been working as a specialist nurse with Saudi healthcare provider Saudi Response Plus Medical in Dammam since June 2025.

According to The Times of India, Saudi security personnel took Bhat into custody from his workplace in Dammam on March 25 after initially telling him he would be questioned for only a few hours. His passport and identit...