Bahrain Revokes 69 Citizenships, Orders Families Expelled to Iran
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 17
Bahrain Revokes 69 Citizenships, Orders Families Expelled to Iran
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 17
Summary
Bahraini officials stripped 69 people and their children of citizenship on April 27, then summoned family heads, seized identification papers and told them to buy plane tickets to Iran.
The move followed accusations that they showed disloyalty during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran by “glorifying or sympathizing” with hostile Iranian acts, including sharing videos of missile and drone attacks.
Eight affected people told The New York Times many on the list were bewildered by the charges; some said their Persian-rooted families had lived in Bahrain for generations and held no other nationality.
That left some families effectively stateless, underscoring a wider crackdown in Bahrain, a close U.S. ally that hosts a major American naval base, on people accused of pro-Iran sympathies.