Kuwait sentenced three people to death on charges of collaborating with Iran The Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced three people to death on charges of collaborating with Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon and planning to assassinate the country's deputy prime minister and interior minister. According to the AFP news agency, Hussein Abdullah Matouk, one of the religious figures and the secretary general of the National Islamic Coalition of Kuwait, Hassan Abdul Hadi Hajiya and Abdul Reza Haider Dehghani are the three convicts in this case. The judicial authorities of Kuwait claim that these people, in collaboration with foreign parties, intended to carry out actions against the security and national interests of this country. The court also sentenced eight other defendants to five years in prison. Death sentences are not yet final and can be appealed.