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Kuwait court issues three death sentences in espionage and assassination-plot case

This dossier follows Kuwait’s judicial proceedings over an assassination plot and allegations of collaboration with Iran and Hezbollah. It distinguishes charges, judgment, appeals and any carrying out of sentences.

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Kuwaiti flag at Green Island in February 2023. Archive illustration, not the court or defendants.
Kuwaiti flag at Green Island in February 2023. Archive illustration, not the court or defendants. — AMG KW / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ — 23 février 2023 ; sans modification.

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A state-security chamber of Kuwait’s criminal court imposed three death sentences on 26 October 2026 in a case involving collaboration with Iran and Hezbollah and a plot to assassinate Interior Minister Fahad Al Yousef. The judgment is not final, according to Kuwait Times.

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Kuwait court issues three death sentences in espionage and assassination-plot case

A state-security chamber of Kuwait’s criminal court imposed three death sentences on 26 October 2026 in a case involving collaboration with Iran and Hezbollah and a plot to assassinate Interior Minister Fahad Al Yousef. The judgment is not final, according to Kuwait Times.

Kuwaiti flag at Green Island in February 2023. Archive illustration, not the court or defendants.
Kuwaiti flag at Green Island in February 2023. Archive illustration, not the court or defendants. — AMG KW / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ — 23 février 2023 ; sans modification.

Eight other defendants received five-year prison terms, Kuwait’s Crimes and Courts outlet and Gulf News, citing Al-Rai, report. The case includes charges of joining a prohibited organisation and harming national interests.

Prosecutors also alleged plans to use explosives. These details describe the charges and court decision, rather than the carrying out of sentences. The case must still pass through the appeals court, Kuwait Times says; the full judgment’s reasoning was not examined for this brief.

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