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Kuwait summoned Iran's ambassador on Wednesday and handed him a formal protest over a statement by Iran's embassy that Kuwait said interfered in its internal affairs. The embassy had firmly rejected an allegation that an Iranian national was involved in a plot to assassinate public figures, saying the individual had not been in Kuwait for the past 10 years. Iran International reported that Kuwait said the embassy statement undermined the independence of its judiciary. IRNA and Press TV carried the embassy's denial, and no further Kuwaiti measures are described in the available reports.