Bahrain arrests 41 over alleged links to Iran

MANAMA: Bahrain's interior ministry said on Saturday that the country's security services had dismantled an organisation accused of links to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and arrested 41 of its suspected members. Bahrain was hard-hit by Iranian attacks on the Gulf, launched in response to US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic.
'In accordance with previous investigations carried out by the prosecutor's office in cases of espionage on behalf of foreign entities and sympathy for Iranian aggression, the security services dismantled an organisation linked to the Revolutionary Guards,' the ministry said in a statement, referring to Iran's ideological army. The ministry added that 41 people had been arrested.
The ruling family accused Tehran of having trained and supported the demonstrators in order to overthrow it, which the Islamic republic denied. Since the Middle East war began, Bahrain has cracked down on those expressing support or sympathy for Tehran. Last month, the kingdom stripped 69 people of citizenship for expressing support for Tehran, and on Thursday its parliament expelled three MPs who opposed a royal decree on citizenship cases. — AFP