Iran’s desperate efforts to infringe on Bahrain’s sovereignty by casting doubt on its Arab and Islamic identity are merely a rehash of outdated expansionist fantasies that have been discredited by historical facts, international law and the will of the Bahraini people.
Recent allegations made by Iranian newspaper Kayhan and its editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari received widespread public condemnation from national figures, media persons, journalists, academics, intellectuals, civil society organisations and legislators.
They lashed out at the Iranian falsehoods aimed primarily at distracting the Iranian people from their own suffering and distorting historical, geographical and political facts.
Critics of the Iranian fallacies contained in a recent article published by Kayhan have affirmed that those claims are neither journalistic opinion nor an interpretation of history, but rather a political discourse seeking to revive expansionist illusions that have long been overtaken by time.
The allegations made by the Iranian newspaper, many journalists affirmed, represent a blatant denial of historical, legal and political facts and reflect an attempt to escape Iran’s domestic realities by exporting crises and fabricating imaginary battles over issues that history has already settled.
Observers believe that the repetition of such statements is part of attempts to divert attention from the internal challenges and crises facing Iran.
All segments of Bahraini society have repeatedly asserted that Bahrain’s Arab identity and Islamic character are among the nation’s immutable constants.
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