The Kuwait government ordered expelled the Iranian ambassador and 14 other Iranian diplomats for their alleged to have links with a core of "spies and terrorists" in the emirate, reported today media in both countries.
Kuwait also mandated Iran's cultural, military and commercial missions to be closed after a court case that intensified tension between the two countries.
Diplomatic sources pointed out that this move is extremely unusual because Kuwait is used to avoid open conflicts. The Iranian ISNA news agency reported that the Kuwait authorities will allow only 19 persons from all Iranian embassy staff to remain in the country.
Bowing "pressure from Saudi Arabian interventionist policies" and citing "the unsubstantiated allegations of interference in internal ', Kuwait announced that" Alireza Enagiati, the Iranian ambassador, must leave' its territory, he stated the ISNA.
There was confusion on the deadline given by the Kuwaiti authorities to Iranian diplomats to leave the country: some sources spoke of 45 days, others were reported in 48 days.
The Acting debts Kuwaiti Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Mubarak al-Sabah, said the government "has decided to take action under diplomatic rules and in compliance with the Vienna Conventions on the relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran" .
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