28/29 November 2015

BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

Bahrain summons Iran
envoy over Khamenei
remarks
Bahrain's foreign ministry
has summoned Iran's
envoy
and
accused
Tehran of interfering in
its affairs after remarks
by the Islamic republic's
supreme leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, BNA state
news agency said.
Iran's
acting
charge
d'affaires Hameed Shafee
Zad was handed an official
letter
protesting
the
"blatant interference" in
Bahrain's internal affairs,
BNA reported late on
Saturday.

Khamenei's
remarks
"carry
an
explicit
incitement and reflect a
clear determination to
foment discord and fuel
tensions in the region,"
BNA
quoted
foreign
ministry undersecretary
Abdulla
Abdullatif
Abdulla as saying.
The protest by the Sunniruled kingdom appeared
to refer to remarks
posted on Khamenei's
Twitter account accusing
Bahrain's
"tyrant
minority" of "desecrating"
things sacred to the Shiite
majority.

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statements, SPA reported.

Bahrain hits out at

Iranian meddling
MANAMA: Bahrain has
again warned Iran against
interfering in its internal
affairs.
The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs summoned the
charge d' affaires of Iran's
Embassy
in
Bahrain
and presented him a
formal memorandum of
protest against recent
irresponsible statements
made by the leadership in
Tehran.
Ambassador Abdullah
Abdullatif
Abdullah,
undersecretary at the
ministry,
expressed
Bahrain's
strong
condemnation
and
rejection
of
these

The
undersecretary
described Iranian action
as
an
unacceptable
interference in its internal
affairs and a violation of
the UN principles.
Such remarks adversely
affect regional security
and stability and the
nature
of
relations
between UN member
states, said the ministry.
The
undersecretary
stressed the need for
full
compliance
with
the principles of good
neighborliness.

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urging the Islamic republic

to adhere to the principles
of good neighborliness.

Bahrain summons
Iranian envoy in protest
of supreme leaders
statements
Bahrain
on
Saturday
summoned Irans acting
charge daffaires in protest
over Irans Supreme Leader
Ali Khamenei statements,
which were violating the
Gulf states sovereignty,
the state-owned Bahrain
News
Agency
(BNA)
reported.
The foreign ministry said
Khameneis
statements
were in clear violation
of the U.N. charter and
sovereignty of Bahrain,

This is not the first time

Bahrain has summoned
Irans envoy to the tiny
Gulf state.
In early October, the
Bahraini
government
gave the Iranian charge
daffaires 72 hours to
leave the country after it
recalled its ambassador to
Tehran.
The move comes a day
after Bahraini authorities
arrested a number of
individuals
suspected
of having terror links
to
Iran.
Authorities
also seized 1.5 tons of
explosives found during a
raid.

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