Bahrainis Continue Sit-In in Support of Sheikh Isa Qassim (+Photos)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Bahraini youths continued a sit-in staged in the resistive village of Diraz to express their solidarity with Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in the Persian Gulf country.
According to local sources, the sit-in in front of the home of Sheikh Qassim in the northwestern village of Diraz has continued for over 330 days.
Holding placards and photos of Sheikh Qassim, the participants in the sit-in emphasized on Sunday that they will defend the cleric against the conspiracies of the Al Khalifa regime.
In a statement on January 28, Bahraini religious scholars called on the people to take part 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, the Manama regime’s mercenaries attacked a sit-in near Sheikh Qassim’s residence, 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.
