Bahrain says it has arrested 41 people 'linked to Iran's IRGC'

DUBAI - Bahrain's interior ministry said on Saturday it had arrested 41 people it said were linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the state news agency reported.

The ministry said security authorities uncovered a group linked to Iran's IRGC, adding that investigations by the public prosecutor had also involved cases related to sympathy with Iranian attacks.

Iran fired ⁠at targets in Bahrain and other Gulf Arab states where the U.S. has military bases after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on February ⁠28.

(Reporting by Ahmed Elimam and Eman Abuhassira; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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This story was originally published May 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM.