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Bahrain says it has arrested 41 people ‘linked to Iran’s IRGC’

By Thomson Reuters May 9, 2026 | 4:37 AM

DUBAI, May 9 (Reuters) – Bahrain’s interior ministry said on ​Saturday it had ‌arrested 41 people it said were linked to Iran’s Revolutionary ‌Guards (IRGC), ​the ⁠state news agency ⁠reported.

The ministry said security authorities uncovered a group linked to ​Iran’s IRGC, adding that investigations ⁠by ⁠the public prosecutor ​had also involved cases ​related to sympathy with ‌Iranian attacks.

Iran fired at targets in Bahrain and ⁠other Gulf Arab states where the U.S. has ⁠military ‌bases after the ⁠U.S. and ​Israel ‌launched a war ​against Iran ⁠on February 28.

(Reporting by Ahmed Elimam and Eman Abuhassira; Editing by Toby ​Chopra)