Bakai: Arresting and depriving citizens of Bahrain of citizenship under the pretext of identification with Iran is against humanitarian and Islamic positions.
🔹 Foreign Ministry spokesman in response to Iran's position regarding the arrest of dozens of Shiite scholars in Bahrain:
🔹 We have always emphasized that the fundamental violation of human rights in Bahrain, due to sectarian attitudes, can be harshly criticized and cannot be justified in any way. The authorities in Bahrain cannot accuse their citizens and sentence them to long prison terms or deny them their citizenship under false pretenses, including identification and friendship with Iran or expressing identification with the Iranian people.
🔹 These actions are against both the standards of human rights and the teachings of al-Salami. We ask the Bahraini authorities to reconsider this human rights-violating approach.
🔹 Regarding the claim regarding the detainees' connection with Iran, we have always emphasized that these claims are only baseless claims and are not confirmed by us in any way. In our opinion, these claims are excuses to justify actions of this type.