Bahraini Revolutionaries Praise Iran’s Supreme Leader for Supportive Positions

Bahraini Revolutionaries Praise Iran’s Supreme Leader for Supportive Positions

16 July, 2012 – FARS

TEHRAN (FNA)- A group of Bahraini revolutionaries in a statement lauded the brave and historical positions taken by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in support of the fair and legitimate demands of the Bahraini nation.

“Imam Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Revolution and the religious leader of the world Muslims, in a brave and historic move has repeatedly stood beside the Bahraini nation and has defended their fair and legitimate demands,” the statement by a group named February 14 Revolution’s Companions Coalition said on Monday.

The Coalition praised Ayatollah Khamenei’s positions, and expressed the hope that his revolutionary positions will heal the wounds of the martyrs’ families, the injured people, the detainees and others harmed due to their protests against the al-Khalifa regime.

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty’s over-40-year rule.

Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar – were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13, 2011, to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.

So far, more than 69 people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and thousands of others have been injured.

Police clampdown on protesters continues daily. Authorities have tried to stop organized protests by opposition parties over the past month by refusing to license them and using tear gas on those who turn up. …more