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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The health condition of Bahrain’s top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has deteriorated, the UK-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said. According to a statement by BIRD, physicians who had visited Sheikh Qassim in Bahrain’s northwestern village of Diraz said the spiritual leader suffers ...

Bahraini activist Zainab al-Khawaja was released from prison on Sunday after nearly a year behind bars for multiple convictions including participation in a so-called “illegal” gathering. Friends and supporters greeted her in a coffee shop in a main mall hours after her release. The cafe has served as a gathering ...