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Bahrain-Iran relations

A map of the Gulf locating Strait of Hormuz and the ports of Jask and Kharg Island in Iran. (Laurence SAUBADU/AFP)
April 7, 2026, 8:50 am
UN expected to vote on watered-down Hormuz resolution that omits military action
After China scuttles resolution greenlighting use of force, Security Council declaws proposal to reopen strait, which now urges ‘defensive’ efforts to ensure ships’ safe passage
By Reuters
This image released by Bahrain's Interior Ministry shows firefighters extinguishing flames after an Iranian projectile struck an industrial area in Ma'ameer, Bahrain, March 9, 2026. (Bahrain Interior Ministry via AP, File)
April 3, 2026, 10:11 pm
Bahrain cracks down on dissent as Iran war reignites Sunni-Shiite unrest in kingdom
Relatives of man who died in detention during Iran war says his body showed signs of torture, as Sunni-led Gulf state seeks to maintain control over Shiite-majority population
By AP
Smoke rises from a high-rise building following a drone attack in Kuwait City on March 8, 2026 (AFP)
March 8, 2026, 8:50 pm
4 killed in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait as Iran says it’s attacking Gulf because it can’t reach US
Riyadh says projectiles hit residential area, killing an Indian and a Bangladeshi; 2 Kuwaiti border guards killed
By AFP and ToI Staff
Bahrain's Crown prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Manama, Bahrain, November 11, 2016. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
September 22, 2020, 7:18 pm
Netanyahu and Bahrain crown prince have ‘very friendly’ first call since accord
PM hails ‘outstanding conversation’ with Salman bin Hamad, week after two countries signed Declaration of Peace
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Police collect evidence at the scene where a police officer was killed in Karbabad Village, Bahrain, Saturday, April 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
September 20, 2020, 10:33 pm
Bahrain said to foil Iran-backed terror attacks on diplomats and foreigners
Saudi state TV says plot was revenge for the US killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani; report comes days after Manama signs normalization deal with Israel
By Jon Gambrell
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the inaugural session of the new parliament in Tehran on May 27, 2020. (AFP)
September 16, 2020, 12:35 pm
Iran says UAE, Bahrain will bear ‘consequences’ of Israel deals
‘How could you reach out your hands to Israel?’ laments President Rouhani, accusing Gulf nations of planning to let Jerusalem set up military bases
By AFP and ToI Staff
Muslim worshippers, some wearing protective masks, perform together Friday prayers outside a mosque in Bahrain's capital Manama on February 28, 2020. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)
September 11, 2020, 10:02 pm
Bahrain, Israel’s new peace partner: A tiny country in the shadow of Iran
The Gulf nation, which has become the 4th Arab country to agree to a peace deal with Israel, has long blamed Tehran for fomenting unrest among its Shiite population
By AP
A man wearing a surgical mask is pictured in the heart of the Bahraini capital Manama on February 26, 2020. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)
February 29, 2020, 8:40 am
Bahrain threatens arrest of travelers from Iran untested for virus
Gulf state also bans public gatherings for two weeks as number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Middle East tops 520
By Jon Gambrell
People wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus on a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 24, 2020, 11:46 am
Iran announces 50 dead in Qom coronavirus outbreak
Tehran says deaths date back to February 13, though first cases were only announced days later; Kuwait, Bahrain announce first cases in people entering from Iran
By AP
Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, right, gestures as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves at the Al-Qudaibiya Palace in Manama, January 11, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/ AP)
July 26, 2019, 9:45 am
Bahrain seeks to rebrand after long years under fire
By hosting Palestinian economy workshop and announcing security conference, analysts say Gulf kingdom trying to ‘enhance its security by making itself indispensable’
By AFP
Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa speaks with the Times of Israel on the sidelines of the Peace to Prosperity workshop in Manama, Bahrain, on June 26, 2019. (Courtesy)
June 27, 2019, 1:36 pm
Bahrain’s FM tells ToI he hopes ‘to visit Israel, when it’s all open, peaceful’
Meet Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa, who wants Israelis to understand Bahrain and vice versa, and wonders ‘What’s so surprising?’ about his support for Israel’s right to defend itself
By Raphael Ahren
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses a meeting to promote the elimination of nuclear weapons, during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday September 26, 2018 at UN headquarters (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
January 8, 2019, 12:41 am
Zarif jeers at ‘blind’ Bolton visiting Western Wall; Bahraini FM fires back
After Iran’s top diplomat lampoons photo of US official wearing VR goggles, Manama counterpart comes to defense of DC and Jerusalem with a photo of his own
By ToI Staff
A photo provided by the pro-regime Syrian Central Military Media, shows anti-aircraft fire rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense positions and other military bases around Damascus, Syria, on May 10, 2018, after the Israeli military says Iranian forces launched a rocket barrage against Israeli bases on the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
May 10, 2018, 11:45 pm
Despite global vows of support, Israel stands alone against Iran in Syria
Many countries, including Bahrain, are siding with Jerusalem in this week’s flare-up. But even US seems unwilling to take concrete steps to thwart Tehran’s entrenchment in Syria
By Raphael Ahren
Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, during a meeting at the Arab League headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on November 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)
May 10, 2018, 3:48 pm
Bahrain backs Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria
In rare endorsement of IDF operation, FM Al-Khalifa says any country in the region has the ‘right to defend itself’
By Raphael Ahren
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is seen on December 5, 2015. (Nigel Roddis/Getty Images for Ironman via JTA)
March 3, 2018, 7:00 pm
Bahrain arrests 116 alleged members of ‘Iran-linked terror cell’
A government statement says the cell formed by IRGC planned to target leading security figures, carry out attacks
By AFP
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