️️🇧🇭🇮🇷 Reuters: Bahraini authorities have stepped up operations against Shia clerics after Iran's attacks on the Arabian Gulf island nation, accusing them of promoting loyalty to Iran and colluding with the Revolutionary Guards to undermine the kingdom.
More than 50 clerics and religious speakers were arrested in May and June, about a dozen people were sentenced to between five and 10 years for allegedly expressing support for the Iranian attacks. Bahrain also revoked the citizenship of 69 people of Iranian heritage.
Bahrain's head of public security defended the attack as necessary to protect the country's sovereignty.
"We are dealing with an ideology that demands obedience to Iran's leadership above Bahrain's sovereign authority."