TEHRAN, Jan 1 - Prominent human rights organizations have denounced a ruling by Bahrain’s top court that upheld a five-year jail term for prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, with Amnesty International describing the verdict as “utterly outrageous.”
TEHRAN, December 31 -Bahrain's high court has upheld a five-year jail term against prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab despite calls from rights groups to release him.
TEHRAN, December 28 - Bahrain says it will resume operations at its embassy in Syria amid new efforts by Persian Gulf states to improve relations with Damascus as the war against the foreign-backed terrorists winds down.
TEHRAN, December 24 - Bahraini officials have summoned the deputy charge d'affaires of the Iraqi embassy to condemn the latest remarks by former Iraqi premier, Nouri al-Maliki, who criticized the Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners and political dissidents.
TEHRAN, December 17 - Dozens of human rights groups have called on Bahraini authorities to release prominent opposition figure and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab, who is due to stand trial later this month, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its crackdown on political dissidents in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, December 13 - Courts in Bahrain have sentenced two anti-regime protesters to life imprisonment and handed down prison sentences to four others as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, December 13 - Courts in Bahrain have sentenced two anti-regime protesters to life imprisonment and handed down prison sentences to four others as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, December 09 - Bahrain's foreign minister criticized Qatar's emir on Sunday for not attending a (Persian) Gulf Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, an absence that suggests a rift between Doha and three (Persian) Gulf Arab states is unlikely to be resolved soon.
TEHRAN, December 02 - Around 1,000 freedom-seeking Bahraini women are behind bars in the Al-Khalifa regime’s prisons, the country’s main opposition party announced.
TEHRAN, December 02 - The admiral leading US Navy operations in the Middle East was found dead Saturday in Bahrain, the military branch said, adding that no foul play was suspected in the case.
TEHRAN, December 02 - The U.S. Navy admiral overseeing American naval forces in the Middle East has been found dead at his residence in Bahrain, the Navy said on Saturday, adding that foul play was not suspected.
TEHRAN, December 01 -Bahraini judicial officials have reportedly devastated a family after they revoked the parents’ citizenship as the ruling Al Khalifah regime intensifies its crackdown against political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, November 30 -Scores of people have held a protest in Bahrain to voice their support for distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Khalid Fadhil al-Zaki, whom regime forces recently arrested as the ruling Al Khalifah regime does not shy away from its clampdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the kingdom.
TEHRAN, November 24 -Polls have opened in Bahrain to choose a new Parliament, but the country's two main opposition parties have already announced they would not participate in protest against the kingdom's crackdown on dissent.
TEHRAN, November 22 -The regime in Bahrain has arrested and charged five people in what seems to be part of a widened crackdown on political dissent ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, November 21 -The purpose of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Bahrain is to make the domestic population believe that they are assigned a role in the management of state affairs and to portray a democratic image of the country on the world stage, says an academic.
TEHRAN, November 20 -Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Bahrain has failed to provide conditions for fair and free voting in the upcoming parliamentary elections in the country.
TEHRAN, November 13 - Bahrain’s former minister of education Ali Fakhro has criticized Saudi Arabia and its regional allies for their willingness to establish diplomatic relations with the Tel Aviv regime, arguing that such attempts would pave the way for the Israeli military to continuously target Palestinians.
TEHRAN, November 06 - Bahraini forces have stepped up arrests of political dissidents and anti-regime activists ahead of this month’s parliamentary elections in the Persian Gulf kingdom.