Court adjourns trial of Bahraini rights activist until September
A Bahraini court has postponed the trial of Nabeel Rajab until September as the prominent human rights campaigner remains behind bars over…
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Bahraini regime summons Al-Wefaq Shura Council head, 10 others for interrogation
TEHRAN (FNA)- Bahraini authorities summoned at least eleven people including Al-Wefaq Shura Council head for interrogation in a latest move by the…
Senior Shia cleric: Islamic scholars must form a united front to condemn Al-Khalifa crimes
AhlulBayt News Agency – Representative of Khuzestan province in the Iran’s Assembly of Experts, Sheikh Mohsen Heydari, referred to the decision of…
The Bahraini dilemma: cross the stream where it is shallowest
During the past years, Bahrain witnessed protests spreading across the tiny Persian Gulf country as a wide pro-democracy movement led by Shia…
Bahraini dissident dies ‘after torture’ in regime custody
A political dissident in Bahrain has reportedly died as a result of injuries sustained under torture while in regime custody. Hassan Hayki…
Bahrain regime force arrest senior Shia cleric
Bahraini regime forces have arrested yet another senior Shia Muslim cleric as the ruling Al Khalifa regime continues a heavy-handed crackdown on…
Rallies planned in different countries in support of Bahraini cleric
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Muslims in different parts of the globe are to hold massive rallies on Friday in protest against the trial…
What three levels of US diplomacy in West Asia?
Alwaght- These days’ developments of West Asia region are indicating an array of different and in some cases conflicting policies of the…
Bahrain scene for unprecedented rallies against Issa Qassim trial
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – The regime in Manama has taken drastic measures to bring the situation, as one Shia cleric critic…
Bahraini activist faces 12 years in prison over critical tweets: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch says Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab faces up to 12 years in prison in Bahrain over tweets critical…
Trial of Bahrainian Sheikh Issa Qassim postpones after 10 minutes
A court in Bahrain has launched the trial of prominent bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Qassim and court session lasted a mere ten…
Bahrain court starts trial of top Shia cleric
A court in Bahrain has launched the trial of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim, amid widespread protests against the move. The Bahraini…
‘Tehran not interfering in internal affairs of Bahrain’
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Director General of International Affairs at the Parliament Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran does not interfere in the…
Prominent Shia clerics say Sheikh Qassim trial invalid and illegal
A group of prominent Shia clerics in Bahrain say the upcoming trial of top Shia scholar Sheikh Isa Qassim is invalid, illegal…
138 Bahrainis to face trial for alleged terrorist activities
A court in Bahrain says 138 citizens will be put on trial for allegedly carrying weapons, attacking police and forming terrorist groups in the tiny…
Sheikh Qassim not to appear in court tomorrow: Representative
QOM (Tasnim) – The representative of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shia majority whose nationality has been recently revoked…
Trial of Sheikh Qassim to cause serious tensions in Bahrain, cleric warns
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The head of the Islamic-European Union of Shiite Scholars and Theologians warned the Bahraini regime against the consequences of…
Bahrain to put senior Shia cleric on trial Wednesday: Sources
The Al Khalifah regime in Bahrain has declared Wednesday as the date for the trial of distinguished cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim. According…
Putting Sheikh Qassim on trial to accelerate fall of Bahraini regime: Cleric
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts condemned Manama for a decision to put prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa…
Bahraini regime forces detain 3 Shia clerics
Bahraini regime forces have arrested at least three Shia Muslim clerics as the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty presses ahead with its heavy-handed…
FM Spokesman deplores Bahrain’s anti-Iran statement as “baseless”
Tehran, July 22, IRNA – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly dismissed the baseless and repetitious accusation by Bahraini interior ministry against…
Bahrainis defy ban on Friday prayers at Diraz Mosque
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Following the Bahraini regime’s move to prevent Shia worshippers from attending Friday prayers at the Imam Sadiq Mosque in…
Larijani: Inappropriate conduct of Bahrain government lacerates Islamic world
Tehran, July 20, IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday condemned behavior of Bahrain government with its Muslim people, saying that…
Activist blasts Bahrain’s move to try Sheikh Qassim
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Bahraini opposition leader branded the Manama regime’s decision to put prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim on trial…
Bahrainis continue sit-in protest outside Sheikh Qassim’s home in Diraz
TEHRAN (FNA)- Hundreds of peaceful protesters continued their presence in front of Bahrain senior cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim’s home in Diraz, to…
Iran’s Zarif voices concerns over Bahrain’s crackdown on dissent
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Bahrain’s crackdown on dissent may have catastrophic results in the region. While voicing his alarm…
Bahrain clerics attend protest in support of Sheikh Qassim
Clerics in Bahrain have attended a protest in support of the country’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim as the Manama…
Iran urges Bahrain to stop heavy-handed tactics against public dissent
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian foreign ministry asked Manama officials to show the minimum level of tolerance needed in dealing with the Bahraini…
Jalali: unwise measures of Bahrain rulers cause of humanitarian crisis
Tehran, July 17, IRNA – Head of Research Center in Majlis Kazem Jalali said on Sunday that unwise measures of Bahraini rulers…
Bahrain court ruling on al-Wefaq unconstructive: Iran
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says a decision by a Bahraini court to dissolve the country’s main Shia opposition movement, the al-Wefaq…
Bahrain court dissolves main opposition group al-Wefaq
A court in Bahrain has dissolved the country’s main Shia opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, almost a month after the regime…
Iranian President: Election only solution to problems in Yemen, Bahrain
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blasted resort to force and coup to make changes in the regional states, and said holding…
Bahrain court denies bail for top human rights activist
A Bahraini court has denied bail for Nabeel Rajab as the prominent human rights activist remains behind bars over online comments deemed insulting to…
Human rights groups calls for release of top Bahraini activist
Dozens of Bahraini and international rights groups have called on the Al Khalifah regime to release prominent human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab,…
US, UK speak for Bahrainis but act against them
Alwaght- In Bahrain, the minority rules the majority and still claims of democracy are still made. In Bahrain, one family has a…
EU parliament, Amnesty call on Bahrain end crackdown on dissent, free activists
Alwaght- European Parliament as well as Amnesty International urged Bahraini regime to free president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel…
Revoking Qassim’s citizenship to create rift between Bahraini nation, govt.
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Iran’s former ambassador to Bahrain condemned Bahraini regime’s move to revoke citizenship of the country’s most senior…
What going on in Bahrain, crazy crackdown
Alwaght- Thousands of Bahraini citizens keep on their open-ended rally in Diraz in front of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house for the…
Bahrain jails 8 Shia nationals, revokes citizenship
A Bahraini court has sentenced six Shia nationals to life in prison and two others to 15 years in jail, while stripping all…
Revoking Bahraini top cleric’s citizenship; How it illegal according to int’l law?
Alwaght- A few days ago, the Al Khalifa regime of Bahrain just against the international law and human rights principles stripped the…