US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Reuters) January 26, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US appreciates Kuwait’s support for a mutual return to compliance with the Iran nuclear deal. Speaking at a joint conference during Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah’s visit to the US, Blinken said [...]
Iran has been losing trade also as a result of US sanctions, which impose banking restrictions on Tehran. (Getty) December 20, 2021 The head of Iran-Kuwait Joint Chamber of Commerce in Tehran says Kuwait has stopped issuing visas for Iranian businesspeople. Hani Feysali made the remarks in an interview on Monday, clarifying that [...]
Hezbollah fighters stand atop a car mounted with a mock rocket, as they parade during a rally in the southern village of Seksakiyeh, Lebanon. (AP) December 3, 2021 Five suspects were arrested in Kuwait for financing Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group, a month after 18 individuals were arrested for the same charges, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas reported [...]
Shiite Hezbollah militants stand to attention as hundreds of people gather in a huge hall waiting to watch a televised speech by the group leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut, Feb 22, 2008. (AFP) November 18, 2021 Prosecutors in Kuwait have detained 18 people suspected of financing Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, local newspapers [...]
Kuwaiti prime minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Sabah. (Reuters) September 25, 2021 The prime minister of Kuwait has called on Iran to take serious steps to build trust and start a serious dialogue in the Gulf region based on respect for the sovereignty of neighboring nations and non-interference. He said nations in the region [...]
Kuwaiti customs officials check the seized drug haul. (Kuwaiti Customs) August 12, 2021 Kuwaiti customs officers had seized nearly 150 kilograms of hashish hidden into air conditioners shipped from Iran, the latest such foiled attempt in the country in recent months. Kuwait’s General Administration of Customs said that its officers had seized at [...]
Workers disinfect subway trains against coronavirus in Tehran, Iran, in the early morning of Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP) February 27, 2020 Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani ordered on Thursday the evacuations of Qatari and Kuwaiti citizens from Iran over concerns of the spread of coronavirus. “The Amir has issued directives to [...]
Shrine of 8th Shiite Imam in the northwest city of Mashhad. (MEHR) February 22, 2020 Kuwait Airways announced on Saturday that several special flights to the Iranian city of Mashhad will operate in order to evacuate more than 700 people today. The airline suspended all flights to Iran on Thursday but said it would operate [...]
Iranian students repatriated from Wuhan arrived in Tehran on February 5. (Supplied) February 21, 2020 Kuwait's ports authority suspended the movement of people to and from Iran until further notice because of concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in that country, state news agency KUNA said early on Friday. Two Iranians who tested positive [...]
Iranian people carry a coffin of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani during a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. (Reuters) January 24, 2020 Kuwait’s foreign ministry summoned Iran’s ambassador Friday after a high-level Iranian official implicated the country in the US drone attack that killed top general Qassem Soleimani, official news agency [...]
