Bahrain strips 69 people of citizenship over Iran support
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- Rights groups have described the move as a “blatant abuse of power”.
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- Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that it had revoked the citizenship of 69 people, some of whom were related, after accusing them of sympathising with Iran and “colluding with foreign entities”.
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Rights groups have described the move as a “blatant abuse of power”.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A wrecked car near damaged buildings at the site of an impact of what Bahrain's Ministry of Interior (MOI) said was falling debris of an intercepted Iranian drone, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Sitra, Bahrain, April 4, 2026. [Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters]By Daniel Tari and Reuters Published On 27 Apr 202627 Apr 2026Bahrain has stripped dozens of people of their citizenship for allegedly supporting Iranian attacks on the country.
Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that it had revoked the citizenship of 69 people, some of whom were related, after accusing them of sympathising with Iran and “colluding with foreign entities”. The move comes after Tehran carried out strikes on facilities in Bahrain as part of the war launched against Iran by Israel and the United States.