Tehran, March 16: Iran’s defense minister warns that Saudi Arabia’s invasion of Bahrain will increase tension and dent stability and security in the entire region.
“Should such miscalculated and legally-unjustified actions become a norm, the region would turn into a center for incendiarism, hostility and conflict,” said Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi.
Led by Riyadh, Bahrain’s fellow members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council — Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar — have dispatched armed forces to the Persian Gulf island to assist Manama in its crackdown on nationwide protests against the Sunni-led monarchy’s suppression of the majority Shia population.
—-Agencies