Three people were sentenced to death in Kuwait on charges of spying for Iran and Hezbollah and conspiring to assassinate senior officials.
Eight other defendants in this case were sentenced to five years in prison. These rulings are not final yet and will be reviewed in the Court of Appeals. This case follows the history of several espionage cases attributed to Iran in Kuwait, some of which resulted in death sentences, but is different at higher judicial levels. Radio Zamane.