Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said Sunday its coast guard detained 10 Iranian “infiltrators” trying to sneak into the country illegally.
One of the Iranian men was wounded after refusing coast guard orders to surrender, the ministry said in a statement published by the state-run Kuwait News Agency.
The Interior Ministry released a photo on its website showing nine of the men on their knees with their hands clasped behind their backs, the Associated Press reported.
The arrests are likely to draw more accusations by Arab Gulf countries of interference by the Iranian regime in their affairs, the AP said. Gulf countries have consistently accused the Iranian regime of meddling in regional affairs, primarily in Bahrain and Yemen.