Iran rejects Kuwait’s allegation linking Iranian national to assassination plot
Iran’s Embassy in Kuwait strongly rejected allegations by the Kuwaiti government that an Iranian national was involved in a plot to assassinate certain individuals or in any other activity that could threaten the Arab country’s national security.
In a statement, the embassy stressed that the individual in question had not been present in Kuwait at any time during the past 10 years.
The embassy also expressed deep regret over the continued negative approach toward Iran, reflected, among other things, in the repeated allegations of Iranian interference in Kuwait’s internal affairs.
It emphasized that leveling such baseless accusations against Iranian nationals runs counter to the principle of good neighborliness and violates international law.
Given the dangerous consequences unfolding across the region following the US-Israeli military aggression against Iran, the embassy said regional countries are expected to pursue responsible and prudent policies to prevent further escalation of tensions and conflicts imposed on the entire region.
A Kuwaiti court sentenced three men to death after convicting them of collaborating with Iran and Hezbollah and plotting to assassinate senior officials, including First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah.
Huseein Abdallah al-Maatouq, a religious dignitary and secretary-general of the National Islamic Alliance, was among the three condemned by the criminal court, the sources said.
The court sentenced 11 other people connected to the case to five years of hard labor.