TEHRAN – In a statement on Saturday, the Iranian embassy in Kuwait denied claims by certain Kuwaiti media outlets on relations between Iran and an outlaw gang in the Al-Abdoli area of Kuwait.

Earlier, local news outlets had claimed that a number of runaway members of the gang had used Iranian passports to run away, Fars reported.

The Kuwaiti media said the gang had relations with Iran as well as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, both of which denied the allegations.

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