Kuwait today ordered the expulsion of about 15 Iranian diplomats after the emirate's top court convicted a terror cell of links to the Islamic republic. <br/><br/>A government source said, Kuwait also ordered the closure of the Iranian military, cultural and trade missions.<br/><br/>The Gulf state's supreme court last month sentenced the mastermind of the cell to life in jail and condemned 20 others to various prison terms for alleged links with Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah and plotting terror attacks in Kuwait.<br/><br/>State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Sabah confirmed that Kuwait had taken diplomatic action against Iran but declined to specify the measures.<br/><br/>The row comes at a time when Kuwait is trying to mediate an end to the Gulf's worst diplomatic crisis in years, after Saudi Arabia and its allies cut ties with Qatar over accusations it is too close to Iran and funds extremists.