Middle East
Kuwait condemns Iran rejection of court verdict
On Monday, Kuwait s Court of Appeals, looking into the trial of the seven defendants charged in the pro-Iran espionage ring, commuted the death sentence of two Iranians and a Kuwaiti national who worked for the Kuwaiti army at the time of their arrest to life. It also upheld a life sentence against a stateless man, confirmed the acquittal of two other Iranians, a man and a woman, and acquitted a Syrian who had been sentenced by a lower court to life in prison.