Via the PI.com, Al Jazeera is now reporting that former P-I reporter Dorothy Parvaz, who works for Al Jazeera, has been deported from Syria to Iran.

Parvaz has been held in Syria since May 1, when she was detained after flying there to report on the political turmoil in the country.

Al Jazeera reports:

Parvaz, who holds Iranian, American and Canadian citizenship, has been missing since she arrived at Damascus airport on April 29 to cover protests in Syria.

Syrian officials had previously told Al Jazeera the 39-year-old was being held in the Syrian capital and would be released.

"We have now received information that she is being held in Tehran," an Al Jazeera spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday.

"We are calling for information from the Iranian authorities, access to Dorothy, and for her immediate release. We have had no contact with Dorothy since she left Doha on April 29 and we are deeply concerned for her welfare."

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Syrian embassy in Washington DC said Parvaz had attempted to enter Syria illegally on an expired Iranian visa and subsequently been extradited to Iran.