Scores of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Bahrain in a show of solidarity with political prisoners, and to express their outrage over the ruling Al Khalifah regime’s brutal clampdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the kingdom.
Iran slammed execution of three Bahraini detainees, saying the move demonstrated Manama is not looking for opening a way out of the crisis in the country.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Bahrain to express solidarity with prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, whom the Al Khalifah regime has stripped of nationality and summoned to attend a court hearing.
Ayatollah Araki, the secretary of World Forum for the Proximity of Islamic School of Thought, on the first anniversary of Sheikh Nimr’ martyrdom: “Ale Khalifa regime has succumbed to Bahraini people’s will”.
Bahraini protesters threw rocks and paint bombs through a fog of tear gas at police vehicles on Monday, in the latest clashes to erupt over the jailing of a prominent opposition leader.
Iran urged Bahrain on Wednesday to free Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman who stands accused of seeking regime change by force in the Sunni-ruled Gulf state
DUBAI, Dec 27, 2014 (AFP) - Bahrain's main opposition movement Al-Wefaq on Saturday handed its leader a new four-year stint at the helm of the Shiite group, whose activities have been banned in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.
DUBAI, Dec 22, 2014 (AFP) - A US Navy helicopter has crashed during a training mission in the Gulf state of Kuwait, slightly injuring three crew members, the Bahrain-based Naval Forces Central Command said on Monday.
Tehran, YJC. -- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for African and Middle Eastern Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian rejected the claims raised by Bahraini foreign minister against Iran, saying that political impasse in the tiny island is the reason behind the “undiplomatic” remarks Tasnim news agency reported.
TEHRAN, YJC. Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman has strongly condemned raid on the house of Bahraini Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Ahmed Qassem.
MANAMA, Nov 23, 2014 (AFP) - A war of words over Bahrain's legislative election heightened Sunday, with the Sunni leadership and the Shiite opposition, which boycotted the polls, at odds over the turnout rate and trading accusations of malpractice.
MANAMA, Nov 22, 2014 (AFP) - Bahrain holds legislative elections Saturday for the first time since a 2011 uprising, despite a boycott by the Shiite opposition that led the pro-democracy movement.
Talks with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, who arrives on a working visit in Russia, in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Sunday, the Kremlin press service said.
The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are locked into a propaganda war with public relations agencies and front organizations as proxies that is backfiring on both Gulf states.
Bahrain has told a senior US diplomat, who has met with representatives of the country's opposition, that he was "unwelcome" in the kingdom and should "leave immediately."
The United States is committed to maintaining a 35,000-strong force in the Gulf region regardless of a nuclear deal with Iran, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Saturday in Bahrain.