| Arab foreign ministers have been called into emergency session in Cairo this week by Saudi Arabia. They will be asked to hear evidence from Saad Hariri, who resigned as Lebanese prime minister, of Iranian aggression against a number of Arab nations, including Yemen, Iraq, Bahrain and Syria. |
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samedi 18 novembre 2017
Saudis call emergency Arab League session on Hariri's testimony against Iran
mercredi 20 février 2013
Bahrain says Iran's Revolutionary Guard behind "terror" cell
Bahrain has accused Iran's Revolutionary Guard of setting up a militant cell to assassinate public figures in the Gulf Arab kingdom and attack its airport and government buildings.
Bahraini authorities said on Sunday they had arrested eight Bahrainis in the group, with links to Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.
The kingdom, base for the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, has been in political turmoil since protests erupted there in 2011, led by majority Shi'ite Muslims demanding an end to the Sunni monarchy's political domination and full powers for parliament.
Bahrain has accused Shi'ite Iran of fuelling the unrest, an accusation Tehran has consistently denied.
In a statement published by the official Bahrain News Agency late on Tuesday, Bahrain's head of public security said the cell was part of a group called the "Imam Army" which included Bahrainis at home and abroad and members of other nationalities.
"Investigation has also revealed that a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard codenamed 'Abu Naser' masterminded the whole terror operation," the agency quoted public security chief Major-General Tariq Hassan al-Hassan as saying.
Abu Nasser supplied the group with $80,000, Hassan said, and instructed it to gather information, recruit and obtain weapons storage in Bahrain.
"MISTAKEN PATH"
The cell's planned targets included the Ministry of Interior and Bahrain International Airport, he said. The group attended training camps run by the Revolutionary Guard inside Iran, as well as some operated by Iraq's Hezbollah in Baghdad and the Iraqi city of Kerbala, Hassan added.
Five of the detainees were arrested in Bahrain and three in Oman, General Hassan said, adding another four Bahrainis were being sought by the authorities.
He said authorities had collected evidence in the form of papers and electronic documents, flashcards, phones, computers, cash and images of bank transactions.
On Monday Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, dismissed Sunday's news of the arrests.
"Unfortunately Bahraini officials are following a mistaken path," Iran's ISNA news agency quoted him as saying.
He said Bahraini officials were "making accusations against various countries including Iran, and they imagine that in this way they can solve the problem they are encountering".
News of the arrests emerged after an upsurge in unrest on the island last week. A protester and a policeman were killed in clashes on February 14 as anti-government protesters marked the second anniversary of the uprising.
The violence has clouded the atmosphere around talks that began on February 10 between the mostly Shi'ite opposition and the Sunni-dominated government to find a way out of the impasse over Shi'ite demands for more democracy.
Another round of talks was due to be held on Wednesday afternoon.
(Reporting by Raissa Kasolowsky; Editing by William Maclean and Andrew Roche)
Bahraini authorities said on Sunday they had arrested eight Bahrainis in the group, with links to Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.
The kingdom, base for the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, has been in political turmoil since protests erupted there in 2011, led by majority Shi'ite Muslims demanding an end to the Sunni monarchy's political domination and full powers for parliament.
Bahrain has accused Shi'ite Iran of fuelling the unrest, an accusation Tehran has consistently denied.
In a statement published by the official Bahrain News Agency late on Tuesday, Bahrain's head of public security said the cell was part of a group called the "Imam Army" which included Bahrainis at home and abroad and members of other nationalities.
"Investigation has also revealed that a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard codenamed 'Abu Naser' masterminded the whole terror operation," the agency quoted public security chief Major-General Tariq Hassan al-Hassan as saying.
Abu Nasser supplied the group with $80,000, Hassan said, and instructed it to gather information, recruit and obtain weapons storage in Bahrain.
"MISTAKEN PATH"
The cell's planned targets included the Ministry of Interior and Bahrain International Airport, he said. The group attended training camps run by the Revolutionary Guard inside Iran, as well as some operated by Iraq's Hezbollah in Baghdad and the Iraqi city of Kerbala, Hassan added.
Five of the detainees were arrested in Bahrain and three in Oman, General Hassan said, adding another four Bahrainis were being sought by the authorities.
He said authorities had collected evidence in the form of papers and electronic documents, flashcards, phones, computers, cash and images of bank transactions.
On Monday Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, dismissed Sunday's news of the arrests.
"Unfortunately Bahraini officials are following a mistaken path," Iran's ISNA news agency quoted him as saying.
He said Bahraini officials were "making accusations against various countries including Iran, and they imagine that in this way they can solve the problem they are encountering".
News of the arrests emerged after an upsurge in unrest on the island last week. A protester and a policeman were killed in clashes on February 14 as anti-government protesters marked the second anniversary of the uprising.
The violence has clouded the atmosphere around talks that began on February 10 between the mostly Shi'ite opposition and the Sunni-dominated government to find a way out of the impasse over Shi'ite demands for more democracy.
Another round of talks was due to be held on Wednesday afternoon.
(Reporting by Raissa Kasolowsky; Editing by William Maclean and Andrew Roche)
jeudi 27 décembre 2012
Le CCG durcit le ton contre l'Iran
SOMMET Les monarchies du Golfe prônent une transition politique rapide en Syrie.
Dans leur communiqué au ton dur, ils ont exigé de Téhéran de renoncer à "toutes les mesures de nature à attiser les tensions et à menacer la sécurité et la stabilité régionales".
Les monarchies du Golfe, dirigées par des dynasties sunnites, ont durci mardi le ton contre l'Iran, leur voisin chiite, sommé de cesser ses ingérences. Au terme de leur sommet annuel à Manama, les dirigeants du Conseil de coopération du Golfe (CCG - Arabie saoudite, Bahreïn, Emirats arabes unis, Oman, Koweït et Qatar) ont sommé l'Iran à "cesser immédiatement et définitivement" ses ingérences dans leurs affaires internes.
Dans leur communiqué au ton dur, ils ont exigé de Téhéran de renoncer à "toutes les mesures de nature à attiser les tensions et à menacer la sécurité et la stabilité régionales".
Le CCG a dénoncé, dans ce contexte, la poursuite de l'"occupation iranienne de trois îles des Emirats" dans le Golfe et déploré le refus de Téhéran de toute négociation ou arbitrage international sur ce différend.
L'Iran affirme fréquemment sa souveraineté sur l'île d'Abou Moussa et les îlots de la grande et petite Tomb, revendiqués par les Emirats.
L'Iran affirme fréquemment sa souveraineté sur l'île d'Abou Moussa et les îlots de la grande et petite Tomb, revendiqués par les Emirats.
(Pour mémoire: Le chef des pasdaran visite des îles disputées avec les Emirats)
A propos du programme nucléaire iranien, le CCG a appelé Téhéran à coopérer pleinement avec l'Agence internationale pour l'énergie atomique (AIEA), et à assurer la sécurité du réacteur de Bouchehr sur le Golfe de manière à éviter tout accident nucléaire.
Les monarchies du CCG ont apporté aussi leur soutien au régime de Bahreïn confronté à une contestation de chiites, majoritaires dans ce pays. L'Iran est soupçonné de favoriser en sous-main cette contestation, tout comme celle de la minorité chiite dans l'Est de l'Arabie saoudite.
Evoquant la crise syrienne, le CCG s'est dit "profondément attristé" par les violences qui ont fait 44.000 morts en 21 mois, et souligné que "le processus de transition politique doit être accéléré". Il a invité la communauté internationale à "agir rapidement pour mettre fin à ces massacres" et à apporter une assistance humanitaire aux civils syriens, affectés par le conflit.
"Conférence des donateurs, le 30 janvier à Koweït"
Dans ce contexte, le Koweït accueillera le 30 janvier prochain une conférence internationale des donateurs, selon le communiqué.
Le CCG a, en outre, exprimé son soutien à l'émissaire international Lakhdar Brahimi, espérant que sa mission contribuera à forger "une entente au sein du Conseil de sécurité de l'Onu".
Il fait allusion à la Russie et à la Chine, des alliés du régime syrien, qui ont mis leur veto à trois projets de résolutions devant ce Conseil censés faire pression sur le régime de Damas depuis le début de la révolte en mars 2011.
Les pays du CCG, critiques du régime de Bachar el-Assad, ont également apporté leur soutien à la Coalition nationale syrienne, la qualifiant de "représentant légitime du peuple syrien".
S'agissant du Yémen, les monarchies du Golfe ont salué la restructuration de l'armée, annoncée la semaine dernière à Sanaa et écartant des proches l'ancien président Ali Abdallah Saleh de plusieurs postes de commandement militaire.
Les pays du CCG espèrent, selon le communiqué, "la participation de toutes les composantes du peuple yéménite" au dialogue national, prévu par l'accord de transition de novembre 2011 qu'elles avaient parrainé et dont la tenue butte sur les réserves de séparatistes sudistes.
Le sommet de Manama qui s'est tenu en l'absence de quatre des six chefs d'Etat du CCG dont celle du roi Abdallah, en convalescence après une opération au dos, a par ailleurs décidé d'accélérer le processus d'intégration économique entre ses Etats membres, approuvé un traité de sécurité et annoncé la création d'un commandement militaire unifié aux contours non précisés.
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