{"id":124949,"date":"2026-04-28T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=124949"},"modified":"2026-04-28T19:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:14:13","slug":"5-sentenced-to-life-in-bahrain-for-plotting-terrorist-acts-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/124949\/","title":{"rendered":"5 sentenced to life in Bahrain for plotting &#8216;terrorist acts&#8217; with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Web Desk(National Times)-  Five people were sentenced to life in Bahrain on Tuesday for plotting \u201cterrorist and hostile acts\u201d with Iran, which bombarded the tiny Gulf state during the Middle East war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Afghans and three Bahrainis were convicted and a fourth Bahraini was acquitted by the High Criminal Court, the public prosecution said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were accused of monitoring and photographing \u201cvital facilities\u201d for Iran, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Public Prosecution affirms that the crime of communicating with hostile foreign entities against the Kingdom of Bahrain is considered one of the most serious crimes affecting national security,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public prosecution is considering appealing against the acquittal of the sixth defendant, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran launched waves of missile and drone strikes against Gulf states, including Bahrain, in response to US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic republic that sparked the Middle East&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/live\/iran-israel-war\">war<\/a>&nbsp;on February 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human Rights Watch last month expressed alarm over the arrests of \u201cdozens of people\u201d in the region since the start of the Middle East war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Bahrain&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1995540\/bahrain-revokes-citizenship-of-69-people-for-glorifying-or-sympathising-with-iranian-attacks\">revoked<\/a>&nbsp;the citizenship of 69 people, saying they had \u201csupported hostile Iranian acts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, Advocacy Director at the Britain-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), had condemned the move, calling it \u201cthe beginning of a dangerous era of repression\u201d and saying the decisions were \u201cimposed without legal safeguards or any right of appeal\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRD said it was the first such revocation of citizenship in Bahrain since 2019. 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