Kuwait expels 2 Iranian diplomats over recent attacks on airport

Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign affairs has declared two members of Iran’s diplomatic mission “persona non grata” following recent att@cks and demanded their immediate departure.

In a statement, the ministry said it had handed Acting Chargé d'Affaires of the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait, Hamid Hamid Yaqoubi Far, "an official protest note regarding the ongoing Iranian attacks and informed him of its decision to reduce the size of the Iranian diplomatic mission in Kuwait."

The ministry said "two members of the Iranian diplomatic staff were declared persona non grata and ordered to leave Kuwaiti territory within a maximum of 24 hours."