TEHRAN: Iran rejected on Monday charges of spying for the Islamic republic brought by a Kuwaiti court against six men and a woman, saying the defendants have been falsely accused.
"What has been said is absolutely false and they have been unable to prove anything," Iranian Intelligence Minister Haydar Moslehi was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency.
A Kuwaiti court on August 3 charged the seven individuals, among them a Kuwaiti soldier, with spying for Iran but the accused denied the charges alleging they had confessed under pressure.
The charges include passing on confidential military information to a foreign nation, taking pictures of Kuwaiti military installations and spying for Iran.
Three of the defendants, including the woman, are Iranian, two are stateless, one is Kuwaiti and the other is Syrian.
Defence lawyer Hassan al-Matruk has alleged that confessions from the men were extracted by torture.
The alleged cell was busted in May and local newspapers said the defendants were spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Kuwait’s media have said the men had confessed to monitoring and photographing Kuwaiti and US military sites for the Revolutionary Guards.
Iran has previously also denied the charges.
