Ayatollah Seddiqi blasts Aal-e Khalifa’s cruel action against Sheikh Qassim

Tehran’s interim Friday Prayer Leader took a swipe at the Manama regime for stripping Bahrain's prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmed Qassim of his citizenship, describing the move as a sign of Aal-e Khalifa’s frustration and helplessness.

According to Tasnim News Agency, delivering a speech to worshipers in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi slammed the Manama regime for committing treason against the nation instead of serving people.

He said the recent cruel move by the Manama regime is a reminder of the atrocities by Iran's deposed Shah (king), who became weaker by killing people, adding that the Aal-e Khalifa and Aal-e Saud are also going to suffer the same fate.

Ayatollah Seddiqi lashed out at the ruling family of Bahrain for responding to peaceful protests with bullets.

On Monday, the Manama ruling regime said the citizenship of Sheikh Qassim has been revoked, accusing him of sowing sectarian divisions.

Bahrain, a close ally of the US in the Persian Gulf region, has been witnessing almost daily protests against the ruling Aal-e Khalifa minority regime since early 2011, with Manama using heavy-handed measures in an attempt to crush the demonstrations.

Scores of Bahrainis have been martyred and hundreds of others injured and arrested in the ongoing crackdown on the peaceful demonstrations.

Amnesty International and many other international rights organizations have frequently censured the Bahraini regime for the rampant human rights abuses against opposition groups and anti-regime protesters.

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