Bahrainis Continue Anti-Regime Protests (+Photos)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – People from all walks of life took to the streets in western Manama one more time to condemn Al Khalifa regime’s ongoing persecution of the Shiite Muslim majority in Bahrain and express solidarity with prominent cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.
On Friday night, Bahraini protesters in the village of Diraz west of the capital Manama reiterated their support for Sheikh Qassim and imprisoned Shiite clerics, chanting anti-regime slogans.
In a statement on Saturday, Bahraini religious scholars called on people to participate in nationwide rallies to express their solidarity with Sheikh Qassim, whose citizenship the Al Khalifa regime has revoked.
“We hereby pledge to shed the last drop of our blood in defense of religious and national leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmed Qassim,” the statement read.
On January 26, Manama regime’s mercenaries attacked a sit-in near Sheikh Qassim’s residence in the northwestern village of Diraz, firing live bullets at unarmed protesters.
Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the kingdom in February 2011.
