Bahrain’s Ayatollah Qassim treated in London
On July 9, 2018, Bahrain’s 80-year-old top spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim arrived in UK and was immediately taken to hospital to receive primary medical treatment by specialized doctors. Ayatollah Qassim’s health had deteriorated ever since the government have stripped his citizenship and stormed his domicile in 23 May 2017, and placed him under […]
Bahrain FM’s anti-Iran comments not worth answering
Parliament Speaker Special Aide on International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian strongly condemned foolish comments of Bahrain’s foreign minister against Iran’s history. Parliament Speaker Special Aide on International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian pointed to the history and civilization of Iran, said the trashy comments made by Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa are not worth answering. […]
Spokesman Blasts Bahrain FM’s Anti-Iran Remarks
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed the recent “rude and cheap” remarks by the Bahraini foreign minister, saying he is in no position to comment on Iran. “You are too petty and lowly to comment about the proud Iran, which is the symbol of an ancient and glorious civilization,” Qassemi said on Saturday. […]
Amir-Abdollahian warns against HR violation in Bahrain
TEHRAN– Special aide of Parliament Speaker Amir-Abdollahian has called on the United Nations to pay serious attention to systematic violation of human rights in Bahrain. Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in a new post on his official Twitter page, urged the UN to pay due attention to violation of human rights […]
Iran to Bahrain: Stop childish blame game
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi censured Bahrain for blaming Iran for every incident that happens in the island nation, the most recent one being the explosion on its pipeline. In a statement on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi dismissed the “absurd” and “baseless” accusations of Bahraini officials about Iran’s involvement in the explosion […]
Bahrain Calls for Freezing Qatar’s (P)GCC Membership
Bahrain will not attend the next (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council summit if Qatar attends, the Bahraini foreign minister said in a series of tweets, in which he also called for Doha to be suspended from the bloc. In the posts made late Sunday night, Khalid al-Khalifa said Qatar’s membership of the bloc should be frozen […]
Bahrain using violent tactic to repress dissidents amid West inaction: Amnesty
Amnesty international has censured Bahrain for using “an array of repression tools,” including torture and sexual abuse, in its brutal crackdown on dissent, blaming the silence of the Western states, especially the US and the UK, for a sharp rise in Manama’s use of violence. In a report, titled ‘No one can protect you’: Bahrain’s year […]