MANAMA: Bahrain summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires yesterday in protest at “interference” by Tehran in the internal affairs of the kingdom, the Foreign Ministry said.
Tehran’s envoy Mahdi Islami was summoned “to address his country’s interference in the kingdom’s internal affairs through deliberately attributing false information to Bahraini officials,” the ministry said.
Undersecretary Hamad Al-Amer dismissed “claims” in Iranian media that Manama had requested Iranian mediation in domestic affairs as “false.”
“Any interference in Bahrain’s domestic affairs through mediation or other methods, as well as in dealing with its citizens, is unacceptable and would be an encroachment on its sovereignty and independence,” he said.
Bahrain summons Iran envoy over ‘interference’
