Bahrain's Foreign Minister: Terrorist Threat Caused by Iran Regime Must Be Countered
- Saturday, 10 December 2016 12:58
NCRI - Bahrain’s Foreign Minister says that until the terrorist threat caused by Iran Regime is not averted, the way for improving relations with Iran will not be opened.
Following is part of Bahrain’s Foreign Minister’s interview with ‘Al Arabiya TV’:
Al Arabiya TV: today, Bahrain is a member of the Arab Coalition and a supporter of Yemen’s legitimate government. You have always wished that a peaceful solution be found for Yemen. What is the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council’s strategy regarding the future of Yemen?
Bahrain’s FM: the Arab Coalition’s support of Yemen’s legitimate government has been at the request of Yemen’s government presided by Abdrabbuh Masur Hadi. The support is aimed at countering the foreign intervention. And by that I mean the intervention by the Iranian regime who is providing the (Houthi) militias with weapons, expertise, propaganda and everything else. Every day the Arab Allied Forces’ patrol ships seize the boats in waters around Yemen carrying weapons and explosives to the country. We don’t want that, and we fight against that.
Al Arabiya TV: how do you describe the (Persian) Gulf States’ relationships with the Iranian regime?
Bahrain’s FM: we have always hoped that the relationships between the (Persian) Gulf States and the Iranian regime be improved. But from 1979 and ever since Vilayat-e Faqih (absolute rule of clergy) and the new Iranian regime came to power, the situation has not been desirable while all these problems have been caused by the Iranian regime. Attempting to export their revolution, intervening in Arab countries, arms trafficking, and training and deploying citizens of our countries for terrorist purposes has been the Iranian regime’s policy. We can’t afford to remain hand-tied faced with this policy. Someone who calls himself Vali-e Faqih while preparing military force and militias to fight in his name, is our biggest terrorist threat. Only when the terrorist threat caused by Vilayat-e Faqih is stopped, will the way for improving relations with the Iranian regime be opened.
