Kuwait sentenced 3 people to death on charges of "espionage for Iran and Hezbollah". The Criminal Court for State Security and Terrorist Activities in Shafqana, Kuwait sentenced three defendants to death in a case known as "espionage for the benefit of Hezbollah of Iran and Lebanon". Al-Khalij Online wrote: These sentences also included five years in prison for eight other defendants who were involved in the same case. The Attorney General's Office accused the defendants of "espionage for foreign parties and attempting to carry out hostilities that threaten the stability of Kuwait." The court in Kuwait claimed that the indictment included planning to assassinate senior officials and officials in the country, including Sheikh Fahad Al Youssef, Deputy Prime Minister and First Minister of the Interior./Shafkana.