Bahrain arrested 25 more Shia citizens as marches for jailed scholars spread.
Demonstrations spread across Bahrain demanding the release of detained Shiite scholars and clerics, with security forces arresting at least 25 people. Marchers carried portraits of jailed clerics and Sheikh Isa Qasim during a "day of popular anger. "A court postponed until November 22 the verdict against 69 defendants, 60 of them clerics, who were accused of forming a "terrorist group"; 56 are in custody. Rights groups cite allegations of torture and forced confessions. Since the Iran war began, over 200 people have been arrested, and 69 citizens of Iranian origin have lost their citizenship.