Iran, intl. community condemn Bahrain’s execution of three activists

Foreign Ministry has lashed out at the Bahraini regime for executing three anti-regime activists, saying that Manama is liable for any consequences of its action.

According to Press TV, Bahrain on Sunday executed three anti-regime activists - Sami Mushaima, Abbas Jamil Tahir al-Sami’ and Ali Abdulshahid al-Singace - over their alleged role in a 2014 bomb attack, amid widespread public anger against the death verdicts.

“Through this injudicious measure, the Bahraini government once again demonstrated that it does not seek a peaceful solution to and a way out of the Bahraini crisis," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Sunday.

He added that the Bahraini government is insisting on the use of security and oppressive approaches and the brutal killing of defenseless protesters.

International and human rights bodies and all popular organizations across the world have attested to the lack of transparency in the unfair trial proceedings of the three Bahraini citizens, the Iranian spokesperson said.

He expressed regret that the Bahraini regime is blocking any path to political dialogue and negotiations and is leading the country to a “complete political impasse” by intensifying political approaches, imposing restrictions and exerting pressure on leaders of the opposition as well as executing political prisoners.

Qassemi said the executions come as Bahraini people and the country’s political and religious leaders as well as international circles have been underlining the importance of resolving the crisis through dialogue and interaction.

The Manama regime’s execution of the death verdicts triggered angry demonstrations in the villages of Diraz, Bani Jamra and Sanabis.

Regime forces tried to disperse the protesters by firing pellets and tear gas canisters and injuring a number of the demonstrators. Manama’s troops also prevented people from holding a funeral procession for those executed.

Meanwhile, Iranian Parliament speaker's special advisor on international affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said on Sunday that the Manama regime’s execution of the three young Bahraini activists, who had been “democratically crying out popular demands, is a clear violation of human rights.”

He added that global silence in the face of the executions and Bahrain’s complicity with the oppressive and meddlesome policies of Britain and Saudi Arabia have exposed the duplicity of the so-called advocates of human rights in the West and Riyadh.

“Instead of relying on foreigners, the Bahraini government must rely on the wise people of its country,” the senior Iranian official said.

He emphasized that Iran is not meddling with Bahrain’s internal affairs, saying, “We politically and spiritually support the Bahraini people’s legitimate demands, which are in accordance with the United Nations Charter and pursued through the recognized democratic approach.”

In a related development, the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has also denounced the killing of three young activists in Bahrain.

In a statement on Sunday, Hezbollah said the Bahraini regime and its Arab and Western supporters are responsible for this crime.

The execution of the three men would result in the failure of all political solutions to the Bahraini crisis, it added.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions Agnes Callamard described as extrajudicial the Bahraini regime's execution of the three political detainees.

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