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Kuwait says it arrests 10 Iranians who are ‘infiltrators’
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said Sunday its coasties detained 10 Iranian "infiltrators" trying to sneak into the country illegally. An Iranian official, however, described them as fishermen whose detention was not related to any border violations.One of the Iranian men was maimed after refusing coasties orders to surrender, the ministry said in a statement published by the state-run Kuwait News Agency. The Interior Ministry released a photo on its website showing nine of the men on their knees with their hands clasped behind their backs. The arrests are likely to draw more accusations by Arab Gulf countries of Iranian interference in their affairs. The largely Sunni bloc of oil-rich nations has consistently accused Shiite-led Iran of meddling in regional affairs, primarily in Bahrain and Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been bombing Iranian-allied militias for more than a year. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency quoted Ali Hajatpour, deputy chief of Bushehr province’s coasties in southern Iran, as saying some Iranian fisherman were detained in Kuwait because of a "quarrel." He was quoted Saturday saying the dispute happened on Kuwaiti soil and that "their detention was not related to a border violation." The incident could further strain ties between Kuwait and Iran. An appeals court in Kuwait recently upheld the death sentence for a Shiite citizen on charges of communicating with Iran and the Lebanese holy warrior Shiite group Hezbollah to commit "hostile actions" against the country. The case also includes an Iranian national tried in absentia and sentenced to death. Kuwait has also staunchly aligned itself with Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... in the kingdom’s diplomatic spat with Iran. Kuwait recalled its ambassador to Tehran in January after a mob there ransacked the Saudi Embassy in protest against the execution of a prominent Saudi Shiite holy man. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-15 |
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