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Source: https://jcfa.org/iran-revives-its-claim-to-bahrain-after-the-war/
Iran Revives Its Claim to Bahrain
(Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael Segall - A June 21, 2026, column in Iran's Kayhan, "Let Us Not Keep Our Bahraini Compatriots Waiting," repeats Iran's claim that Bahrain is occupied Iranian territory whose people await reunification with the homeland. The column is the latest in a recurring series asserting Iranian sovereignty over Bahrain. It appeared immediately after a war in which Iran fired on Bahraini soil and Bahraini Shiite citizens were arrested for celebrating this. The writer, former head of the International and Iranian Desks in IDF Intelligence, served as a senior analyst at the Jerusalem Center.