Iran expels several Kuwaiti diplomats in tit-for-tat retaliation for expulsion of Iranian diplomats by Kuwaiti authorities

Iran has expelled several Kuwaiti diplomats in a tit-for-tat retaliation for the expulsion of its diplomats who were accused of “spying” in the emirate.
  
"Iran has expelled several Kuwaiti diplomats in retaliation to the expulsion of three of its diplomats ... and one Iranian embassy employee in Kuwait," the state television said on its website, quoting an informed source in the foreign ministry.
  
The source, who did not reveal how many diplomats had been targeted, said the Kuwaiti embassy had been told that the envoys were to leave Iran within "10 days", the website reported.
  
But Iran's English-language Press TV said on its website that "three" Kuwaiti diplomats were told to leave after the Iranian diplomats were expelled on April 2.
  
Kuwait announced on March 31 that a number of Iranian diplomats would be expelled for alleged links to an espionage network working for Tehran, reportedly ever since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Mohammed Al-Sabah claimed the diplomats had proven links to the suspected ring of which three members, including two Iranians, had been condemned to death by a Kuwaiti court. The row prompted Kuwait to recall its ambassador from Tehran.
  
Iran was quick to reject the accusations, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying Tehran did not need to spy on its "friends" in the region. "It is clear that this allegation has no meaning. What is this spying in Kuwait all about? What does Kuwait have that we spy on it?" Ahmadinejad asked at a press conference on April 4.
  
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi had also dismissed the charges, saying it was a "conspiracy" aimed at sowing discord among Islamic countries.