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Article: Iran 'behind plot to oust government of Bahrain'
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 4, 1996
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Bahrain yesterday accused Iran of conspiring with and training
a "terrorist" group to overthrow the Manama government and replace
it with a pro-Iranian regime.
The Iranian ambassador, Jawad Turkabadi, was summoned to the
Bahraini foreign ministry yesterday and was handed a formal protest
against Iran's "intervening in Bahrain's internal affairs,
encouraging, backing and financing elements to engage in subversive
activities and terrorism".
Bahrain has in the past protested to Iran against encouraging
subversive elements and over unfriendly broadcasts, according to a
foreign ministry statement. The ambassador was told that Bahrain
had already made the decision "to reduce the level of ...