Kuwaiti Court Sentences Three to Death in Iran and Hezbollah Espionage Case

A Kuwaiti court has sentenced three defendants to death in a case involving espionage for Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah and a plot to assassinate officials.

Among those allegedly targeted was Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousuf, Kuwait’s first deputy prime minister and interior minister.

The case centred on accusations of intelligence cooperation with Iran and Hezbollah, alongside plans to kill Kuwaiti officials. The information provided did not detail the defendants’ alleged roles.

Prison sentences were also handed down in the case, though the available details did not specify their lengths or how many defendants received them.

The defendants’ names and the status of any appeals were not provided.