Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Information and Parliament Affairs Minister Isa bin Abdulrahman Al-Hammadi said that the decision to sever diplomatic ties has not been made in a vacuum or taken haphazardly, claiming that Iran has the history of flagrant and repeated Iranian interference in Bahrain's internal affairs.

The Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported that Manama has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Tehran over what it described as "continued worsening of the blatant and dangerous interference of the Islamic Republic of Iran, not only in the affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, but also in the affairs of the GCC as well as the Arab countries, without the slightest regard for values, law or morality, or regard to the principles of good neighbourliness -or commitment to the principles of the United Nations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which confirms a determination to spread devastation and destruction, and provoke unrest and strife in the region by providing protection and support for terrorists and extremists and the smuggling of weapons and explosives for use by its affiliated terrorist cells resulting in the loss of lives and the killing of innocent people."

"Following the criminal cowardly attacks on the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran and its consulate in the city of Mashhad [...], The Kingdom of Bahrain has decided to cut diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and has called upon all members of its mission to leave the Kingdom within 48 hours. The Kingdom has also decided to close its diplomatic mission to the Islamic Republic of Iran and the withdraw all members of the mission," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The Kingdom will take the relevant actions for the implementation of the decision to cut ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the statement further stressed.

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