Kuwaiti faces charges in US

Kuwaiti national Fuad Ismail Dashti will appear in a US court today, charged with compromising national security. Informed sources said Dashti was arrested last week on arrival at San Francisco airport, and was charged with compromising national security for selling aircraft spare parts to Iran. Sources said Dashti’s family asked a lawyer to follow his case, which the court will consider in its first session. US laws impose strict punishments on foreign companies or individuals that deal with Iran to provide it with any technology related to producing weapons of mass destruction. — Al-Rai