DUBAI: Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Saturday that the country’s security services had dismantled an organization accused of links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and arrested 41 of its suspected members.
Bahrain, which houses a major US military base, was hard-hit by Iranian attacks on the Gulf, launched in response to US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic.
“In accordance with previous investigations carried out by the prosecutor’s office in cases of espionage on behalf of foreign entities and sympathy for Iranian aggression, the security services dismantled an organization linked to the Revolutionary Guards,” the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that 41 people had been arrested.
Since the conflict war began, Bahrain has cracked down on those expressing support or sympathy for Tehran.
Last month, the kingdom stripped 69 people of citizenship for expressing support for Iran.
