Bahrain spies not related to Iran

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa has stressed that suspected spies arrested in the country do not have any links to Iran.

“As we have said earlier, Iran is not connected to the arrested [spy] networks in Bahrain and we consider Iran a friend, brother and neighbor country,” Al Khalifa said in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Bahrain Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Thursday.

He said that Bahrain tries to establish security and stability in the region based on the principle of not interfering in the domestic affairs of other nations, ISNA reported.

“Peace in the region and all its countries is to the interest of all; a problem for one of the regional nations causes trouble for all,” he added.

Abdollahian, for his part, praised Tehran’s good relations with Manama and said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the security of the region, including Bahrain, as its own security.”