{"id":28781,"date":"2013-02-18T17:14:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/02\/18\/289621\/bahrain-promotes-iranophobia-lawmaker\/"},"modified":"2013-02-18T17:14:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T16:14:44","slug":"bahrain-promotes-iranophobia-iran-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/bahrain-promotes-iranophobia-iran-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain promotes Iranophobia: Iran MP"},"content":{"rendered":"

File photo shows a young Bahraini protester waving the national flag during a demonstration near Manama.<\/span><\/p>\n

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An Iranian lawmaker has dismissed Bahrain\u2019s allegation about dismantling an Iran-linked terrorist cell, describing the allegation as part of the Arab kingdom\u2019s scenario to promote Iranophobia.<\/p>\n

In a Monday interview, spokesman of Iran Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Hossein Naqavi-Hosseini rejected Manama\u2019s recent allegation as \u201cpointless and baseless,\u201d noting, \u201cThe Islamic Republic of Iran does not interfere in Bahrain\u2019s affairs and only feels obliged to defend the legitimate rights of the Bahraini people.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Bahrain\u2019s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa claimed that Manama has dismantled a “terrorist cell” linked to Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn line with [their] Iranophobia project, certain Bahraini officials often bring up empty allegations similar to the recent one against the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d Naqavi-Hosseini stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThe Iranian lawmaker pointed to the second anniversary of the popular uprising in Bahrain, noting, \u201cIn recent weeks, the Bahraini government, instead of heeding the public demand and hearing the voice of the revolution, has escalated its crackdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bahrainis have been staging demonstrations since mid-February 2011, demanding political reform and a constitutional monarchy, a demand that later changed to an outright call for the ouster of the ruling Al Khalifa family following its brutal crackdown on popular protests.<\/p>\n

Scores have been killed, many of them under torture while in custody, and thousands more detained since the popular uprising in Bahrain began.<\/p>\n

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File photo shows a young Bahraini protester waving the national flag during a demonstration near Manama.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

An Iranian lawmaker has dismissed Bahrain’s allegation about dismantling an Iran-linked terrorist cell, describing the allegation as part of the Arab kingdom’s scenario to promote Iranophobia.<\/p>\n

In a Monday interview, spokesman of Iran Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Hossein Naqavi-Hosseini rejected Manama’s recent allegation as “pointless and baseless,” noting, “The Islamic Republic of Iran does not interfere in Bahrain’s affairs and only feels obliged to defend the legitimate rights of the Bahraini people.”<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Bahrain’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa claimed that Manama has dismantled a “terrorist cell” linked to Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

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“In line with [their] Iranophobia project, certain Bahraini officials often bring up empty allegations similar to the recent one against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Naqavi-Hosseini stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThe Iranian lawmaker pointed to the second anniversary of the popular uprising in Bahrain, noting, “In recent weeks, the Bahraini government, instead of heeding the public demand and hearing the voice of the revolution, has escalated its crackdown.”<\/p>\n

Bahrainis have been staging demonstrations since mid-February 2011, demanding political reform and a constitutional monarchy, a demand that later changed to an outright call for the ouster of the ruling Al Khalifa family following its brutal crackdown on popular protests.<\/p>\n

Scores have been killed, many of them under torture while in custody, and thousands more detained since the popular uprising in Bahrain began.<\/p>\n

ASH\/KA\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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