Kuwaiti TV Presenter Handed Down Jail Term for Supporting Iran Amid US-Israeli Onslaught

Kuwaiti authorities have handed down a three-year prison sentence to a presenter working for the Persian Gulf kingdom’s state-run television, after she published posts on social media platforms in support of Iran’s retaliatory operations in the wake of the US-Israeli onslaught.

The Kuwaiti-born presenter, identified as Zainab Dashti, received the jail term after Kuwaiti officials found the content posted online to be pro-Iran.

The Court of Appeals in Kuwait recently upheld the verdict against her.

Dashti’s case has turned into one of the most debated media cases in Kuwait over the past few months.

The case has drawn the attention of human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners, especially amid worsening restrictions and repressive measures against journalists and political activists in the country.