EU parliament urges Bahrain to release top rights activist
Press TV – The chairman of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) has raised the alarm over the health condition of…
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Bahrainis stage protests against Sheikh Qassim’s house arrest
Tasnim – Hundreds of Bahrainis, once again, poured into the streets in various cities of the Persian Gulf country to voice their…
Bahraini court hands down lengthy sentences to 26 dissidents, revokes their citizenship
Press TV – A court in Bahrain has handed down lengthy sentences to more than two dozen anti-regime activists and revoked their…
Bahrainis call for word on top cleric’s whereabouts
Press TV – Bahraini people have staged fresh protests across the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom in solidarity with Sheikh Isa Qassim and…
Bahrain targets opposition newspaper over Morocco unrest
Press TV – Bahraini authorities have ordered the opposition-linked al-Wasat newspaper to stop publishing until further notice amid the Al Khalifah regime’s…
Bahraini foreign minister’s twitter account hacked
Press TV- Bahrain says hackers have targeted the twitter account of Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifah and left posts against…
Bahrain unrest obstructing national reconciliation: France
Press TV – France has condemned the Bahraini regime’s decision to dissolve the country’s largest leftist political party, the National Democratic Action Society…
Amnesty International urges Bahrain to end torture after sex abuse report
Press TV – Amnesty International has called on Bahrain to put an end to torturing government critics and all other forms of human…
Senior Iranian cleric slams Bahraini regime’s moves against Sheikh Qassim
Tasnim – Director of Iran’s Islamic Seminaries Ayatollah Alireza A’arafi denounced the Manama regime for repressing dissent in the Arab country and…
Al Wefaq leader blasts Bahraini regime over burial of slain activists
Press TV – A senior leader of the Bahraini al Wefaq party has strongly denounced the Al Khalifah regime authorities for not returning…
Iran seeks not to intervene in domestic affairs of Bahrain: MFA spox
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday that Iran does not intervene in internal affairs of Bahrain. Qasemi made…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 29
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 19…
New clashes as fate of Bahrain cleric remains unknown
Press TV – Bahraini regime forces have clashed with demonstrators rallying in solidarity with a prominent Shia cleric and his slain supporters…
Families of slain Bahrainis slam burial of loved ones without consent
Press TV – The families of five Bahraini activists recently killed by the country’s security forces have slammed as a “crime” the…
Bahrain’s Ayatollah conundrum
American Herald Tribune | Muhammad Ali Carter: The Persian Gulf monarchs fear the Shia of Bahrain in the same way that Saddam…
Families of slain Bahrainis want Manama to return bodies of loved ones
Press TV – The families of the activists killed by Bahraini security forces last week have called on the Al Khalifah regime…
Struggle to defend religion just started: Bahraini clerics
Press TV – Bahraini clerics have hailed the endeavors made by anti-government protesters who resist the Al Khalifah regime’s heavy crackdown on…
Photos: Iranians hold nationwide rallies, condemn crackdowns in Bahrain
IRNA l Ahmad Moeini: Participants in today’s Friday Prayers took part in rallies across the country including the capital city, Tehran after…
Iran Experts Assembly warns Bahrain of gathering ‘storm’
Press TV- Iran’s Assembly of Experts has strongly condemned the Bahraini regime’s recent raid on the residence of the spiritual leader of…
Bahrainis hold more anti-regime rallies nationwide
Press TV- People in Bahrain hold more rallies nationwide in protest at the Manama regime’s recent bloodshed in the besieged village of…
Bahrainis continue protests in defiance of regime warning
Press TV- Bahraini protesters have defied Manama’s warning against holding more public gatherings and stayed on the streets in a show of…
Bahraini clerics announce national mourning to honor Diraz victims
Press TV – Bahraini clerics have declared an open-ended national mourning in commemoration of the slain supporters of prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh…
Situation tense in Bahrain after deadly Diraz raid
Press TV- The situation in Bahrain is tense one day after the Manama regime forces violently stormed into the house of prominent…
Lawmakers condemn crimes of Bahraini gov’t
IRNA – The members of Majlis (Parliament) in a statement on Wednesday condemned the crimes being committed by the Bahraini government. In…
Five people killed in Bahrain raids on top Shia cleric’s home
Press TV – Bahrain’s Interior Ministry has announced the death of five people in raids on protesters gathering in the northwestern village of…
Iran condemns attack on peaceful protesters in Bahrain
IRNA – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Tuesday condemned attack on peaceful protesters in Bahrain, adding that the attack has its…
Human Rights Watch slams destabilizing violence in Bahrain
Press TV- The Human Rights Watch has condemned the brutal violence by the Bahraini regime forces against protesters in a northwestern village…
Bahraini regime forces attack house of revered cleric
Press TV- Regime forces in Bahrain have launched a massive attack on the house of a respected cleric to arrest anti-regime protesters.…
Bahraini forces attack protesters in northwestern village, kill 1
Press TV – Bahraini regime forces have attacked protesters in a northwestern village, killing one person and injuring several others. Bahrain’s LuaLua…
Sheikh Qassim’s commuted sentence proves Al Khalifa losing ground in Bahrain: UK analyst
Tasnim– A political analyst and author based in London underlined the role of Bahrainis’ nationwide rallies in support of Sheikh Isa Qassim…
Hezbollah: Qassem’s jail a ‘state crime’ by Bahrain regime
Press TV – Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has lambasted a suspended jail term given by a Bahraini regime court on Sunday to the…
Iran condemns Bahrain’s verdict against prominent Shia cleric
IRNA — Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Sunday strongly condemned the verdict issued for Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, Bahrain’s most prominent…
Ruling against Isa Qassim to intensify conditions in Bahrain
MNA – Hossein Amir-Abdollahian underlined that recent court ruling against Sheikh Isa Qassim would aggravate conditions in Bahrain.Parliament’s general director for international…
Bahraini regime court gives top Shia cleric suspended jail
A court in Bahrain has sentenced distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim to one year in prison, suspended for three years, and ordered…
Bahraini people urged to gather in mosques on eve of Sheikh Qassim’s trial
Tasnim – Prominent religious scholars in Bahrain called on people to fill mosques in all regions across the Persian Gulf country on…
UN calls on Bahrain to release prominent human rights activist
Press TV – The United Nations Committee against Torture has called on the Bahraini regime to release the country’s prominent human rights…
Bahrain bars HRW staffer from FIFA congress amid crackdown on dissent
Press TV – The Bahraini regime has refused entry visa to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) activist scheduled to attend the annual FIFA congress…
Iranian MPs reiterate support for Bahrain’s Sheikh Qassim
Tasnim– Iranian lawmakers, in a statement on Wednesday, voiced their support for Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shiite majority,…
Bahrain refers first civilian to military court: Amnesty
Press TV – Amnesty International reports that Manama has referred its first civilian case to military court for trial in accordance with…
Shroud-clad Bahrainis rally ahead of cleric’s trial
Press TV – Attired in shrouds, Bahrainis are rallying countrywide in support of the island’s most senior Shia cleric, who has been stripped of…