Kuwait summons Iranian envoy, expels two diplomats amid Iranian attacks

KUWAIT CITY, June 3 — Kuwait on Wednesday summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires, expelled two Iranian diplomats and reduced the size of Iran’s diplomatic mission in the country, reiterating its territory and airspace were not used to attack “any country.” In a statement posted on social media platform X, the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said Deputy Foreign Minister Hamad Sulaiman Al-Mashaan handed an official protest note to Hamid Yaqoubi Far, chargé d’affaires of the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait, over the ongoing attacks. The ministry said Kuwait had declared two members of the Iranian diplomatic mission persona non grata and ordered them to leave the country within 24 hours.