Kuwait arrests Iran intelligence officers - report

Iran Focus London – Kuwaiti security services have uncovered and arrested a group of agents belonging to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) that were spying on locations used by American personnel in Kuwait, according to an Arab-language website.

At least five MOIS agents had been monitoring sites which they believed were housing Americans, the website Elaph reported on Sunday, quoting Kuwaiti security sources.

The report said that several of those arrested had confessed to spying for Tehran.

Kuwaiti national security forces began investigating the group last month, it added.

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry agents are believed to have a strong presence in Europe and the Middle East.

Iranian exiles charge that the MOIS has stepped up intelligence gathering operations against Iranian dissidents since hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office as President.