AUG 6, 2026
“The Minister of Education issued a decision to revoke the educational license of the private Iranian school and close it down,” the statement read.
New enrollment has been suspended for the coming academic year, with the ministry urging parents to transfer their children to other schools so that their studies are not interrupted.
The Education Ministry said the step rests on the laws governing private education and on reports from its General Administration of Private Education.
The ministry said the closure serves to enforce the law regulating private education and to meet regulatory controls that “preserve public interest” and “guarantee order in the education process.”
A source at the education ministry told AFP no reason was given for the shutting down of the country's only Iranian school.
The closure comes as Kuwait intensifies a much broader domestic campaign of anti-Iranian repression, primarily targeting the country's Shia communities.
In a June report, Amnesty International detailed a massive crackdown on freedom of expression across several Gulf nations following the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Authorities in Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have collectively arrested over 1,000 individuals for sharing war-related videos or voicing opinions online.
The Amnesty report highlights how these states have weaponized national security laws to criminalize the spreading of “rumors” and to stifle any narrative not approved by the government.
Beyond imprisonment, some Gulf states have taken the extreme step of revoking the citizenship of critics and their families as a form of reprisal.
These actions have created a widespread climate of fear among Gulf citizens, severely obstructing independent journalism and the documentation of the war's actual impact.
Analysts say the Gulf monarchies have used the war on Iran as cover to convert emergency security measures into permanent instruments of repression, criminalizing any account of events that departs from the official line.
August 5, 2026
Dave DeCamp
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Iran and Oman were close to reaching an agreement on a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, but that it wouldn’t guarantee that the waterway would be opened to all traffic.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Iran and Oman were close to reaching an agreement on a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, but that it wouldn’t guarantee that the waterway would be opened to all traffic.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
“If certain third parties do not obstruct the process, the two countries are also in the final stage of reviewing and drafting a joint statement covering the main points of agreement,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, according to Iran’s PressTV.
Baghaei added that the agreement “cannot in itself be interpreted as meaning the Strait has become safe for passing vessels” since the restrictions on the waterway have been imposed due to US military aggression, and the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect.
According to media reports, the potential agreement would involve inbound ships traveling through the Strait on the Iranian side while outbound ships leaving the Persian Gulf would stay close to Oman.
Unnamed Iranian officials told The New York Times that the agreement would involve “service fees” for the environmental impact of shipping, cargo-ship and tanker security, and staffing, and that the revenue would be divided between Iran and Oman. A US official speaking to the outlet denied that there would be any kind of toll.
In recent days, Trump administration officials have spoken positively about the prospect of a deal over the Strait of Hormuz, though President Trump has continued to threaten Iran with destruction if an agreement isn’t reached soon.
Over the weekend, Trump said that he decided to hold off on launching an attack that would have inflicted “military terror” on Iran at levels not seen since World War II.
No reason was given
for the closure, as families were told to transfer their children before the
next academic year begins
The Kuwaiti Education
Ministry revoked the educational license of the country's only Iranian private
school on 6 August and ordered it shut, as Kuwait widens its domestic crackdown
on pro-Iranian sentiment.
“The Minister of Education issued a decision to revoke the educational license of the private Iranian school and close it down,” the statement read.
New enrollment has been suspended for the coming academic year, with the ministry urging parents to transfer their children to other schools so that their studies are not interrupted.
The Education Ministry said the step rests on the laws governing private education and on reports from its General Administration of Private Education.
The ministry said the closure serves to enforce the law regulating private education and to meet regulatory controls that “preserve public interest” and “guarantee order in the education process.”
A source at the education ministry told AFP no reason was given for the shutting down of the country's only Iranian school.
The closure comes as Kuwait intensifies a much broader domestic campaign of anti-Iranian repression, primarily targeting the country's Shia communities.
In a June report, Amnesty International detailed a massive crackdown on freedom of expression across several Gulf nations following the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Authorities in Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have collectively arrested over 1,000 individuals for sharing war-related videos or voicing opinions online.
The Amnesty report highlights how these states have weaponized national security laws to criminalize the spreading of “rumors” and to stifle any narrative not approved by the government.
Beyond imprisonment, some Gulf states have taken the extreme step of revoking the citizenship of critics and their families as a form of reprisal.
These actions have created a widespread climate of fear among Gulf citizens, severely obstructing independent journalism and the documentation of the war's actual impact.
Analysts say the Gulf monarchies have used the war on Iran as cover to convert emergency security measures into permanent instruments of repression, criminalizing any account of events that departs from the official line.
August 5, 2026
Dave DeCamp
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Iran and Oman were close to reaching an agreement on a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, but that it wouldn’t guarantee that the waterway would be opened to all traffic.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Iran and Oman were close to reaching an agreement on a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, but that it wouldn’t guarantee that the waterway would be opened to all traffic.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
“If certain third parties do not obstruct the process, the two countries are also in the final stage of reviewing and drafting a joint statement covering the main points of agreement,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, according to Iran’s PressTV.
Baghaei added that the agreement “cannot in itself be interpreted as meaning the Strait has become safe for passing vessels” since the restrictions on the waterway have been imposed due to US military aggression, and the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect.
According to media reports, the potential agreement would involve inbound ships traveling through the Strait on the Iranian side while outbound ships leaving the Persian Gulf would stay close to Oman.
Unnamed Iranian officials told The New York Times that the agreement would involve “service fees” for the environmental impact of shipping, cargo-ship and tanker security, and staffing, and that the revenue would be divided between Iran and Oman. A US official speaking to the outlet denied that there would be any kind of toll.
In recent days, Trump administration officials have spoken positively about the prospect of a deal over the Strait of Hormuz, though President Trump has continued to threaten Iran with destruction if an agreement isn’t reached soon.
Over the weekend, Trump said that he decided to hold off on launching an attack that would have inflicted “military terror” on Iran at levels not seen since World War II.
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