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Kuwait ex MP held over Iran tweet
(MENAFN- Arab News) KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait on Friday arrested a former opposition lawmaker for alleging Iran was pressuring the emirate to change the crown prince the government and relatives said.
The Interior Ministry said Waleed Al-Tabtabai had been 'arrested on the orders of the public prosecution for spreading false news about the internal situation and undermining the status of the crown prince on social media.'
The former lawmaker a long-time critic of the Islamic republic would now be referred to prosecutors for questioning it added.
In comments posted Thursday on Twitter Tabtabai wrote that Iran had been putting pressure on Kuwait to replace Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah 76 with a new heir who has strong relations with Tehran.
He said he hoped the attempts would fail.
Under the Kuwaiti constitution the crown prince is proposed by the emir and approved by Parliament. Sheikh Nawaf half brother of Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was appointed to the post in 2006.
Tabtabai's brother Anwar said the ex-lawmaker was arrested by secret service police.
The Interior Ministry said Waleed Al-Tabtabai had been 'arrested on the orders of the public prosecution for spreading false news about the internal situation and undermining the status of the crown prince on social media.'
The former lawmaker a long-time critic of the Islamic republic would now be referred to prosecutors for questioning it added.
In comments posted Thursday on Twitter Tabtabai wrote that Iran had been putting pressure on Kuwait to replace Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah 76 with a new heir who has strong relations with Tehran.
He said he hoped the attempts would fail.
Under the Kuwaiti constitution the crown prince is proposed by the emir and approved by Parliament. Sheikh Nawaf half brother of Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was appointed to the post in 2006.
Tabtabai's brother Anwar said the ex-lawmaker was arrested by secret service police.
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