The case of espionage with Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah: The three sentenced convicts... plotted to assassinate Fahad Al-Yousef

While the State Security, Terrorism, and Political Crimes Court handed down death sentences to three defendants in the case of espionage with Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah, the reasoning behind the verdict revealed that the three suspects had plotted to assassinate prominent figures and leaders of the state, including the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousif. In the details of the ruling, the court sentenced eight other defendants in the case to five years in prison.

The Public Prosecution charged the defendants with espionage with Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah, seeking to carry out hostile acts against Kuwait, plotting to assassinate prominent figures and leaders of the state, as well as joining a banned group and harming the country’s national interests. Additionally, the prosecution charged the tenth defendant with attempting to use explosives to carry out the operation and incite panic, while the eleventh defendant was charged with attempting to procure explosives to enable the other suspects to execute their plan, according to the investigations.

The court stated in its ruling’s reasoning that the defendants attempted to undermine the country’s security, stir unrest in society, and shake public confidence in the authorities’ ability to safeguard security and protect lives and property. It emphasized that the security of the homeland is not a private interest of an individual or a group, but a right of society as a whole, and that state sovereignty does not tolerate being challenged by foreign will, nor does it allow orders issued from outside its borders to be imposed on its territory, nor does it permit its institutions and symbols of authority to become targets for plans directed by foreign entities.