Hezbollah supporters at a ceremony held on Jan. 4, 2022 in the southern suburbs of Beirut to commemorate the assassination in Iraq of Iranian general Kassem Soleimani. Photo archive Houssam Chbaro
Kuwait's Court of Cassation, presided over by Judge Abdallah Jassem al-Abdallah, on Monday sentenced thirteen people accused of financing Hezbollah through charitable fundraising to three years' imprisonment, overturning the verdicts of the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal, which had acquitted the defendants, reports the daily al-Qabas.
They were also fined 27 million dinars, or around $88 million, according to another Kuwaiti media outlet, Al-Rai. The convictions relate to the transfer of over 13 million dinars, or more than $42 million, in a case of support and financing for the party, considered a terrorist organization by the Gulf monarchies.
No information has been disclosed about the alleged charity, its activities or the roles of the defendants in the case.
In February 2024, Kuwait's Court of Cassation convicted three people of spying for Hezbollah. In 2022, the Kuwaiti Public Prosecutor's Office released on bail three people arrested for supporting and financing the pro-Iranian party. A year earlier, eight Kuwaitis had been arrested for financing Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to the Kuwaiti authorities.
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