Bahraini FM slams Qatar for returning Ambassador to Iran

CAIRO – 24 August 2017: The Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled bin Ahmed tweeted on Wednesday saying, “On the same day that Qatar disallowed its citizens from pilgrimage, it returned its ambassador to those who pretend to serve Islam and Muslims.”

The tweet bears an indication to Qatar’s decision of returning its ambassador to Tehran after he was withdrawn in January 2016 over the vandalism of Saudi Arabia’s missions in Iran by demonstrators objecting the execution of a Shiite Muslim cleric.

The decision came amid Iranian support to Qatar after Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain severed diplomatic ties with it over its support for terrorism.

As BBC reported the statements of a spokesperson of Iran Air, Shahrokh Noushabadi, Iran sent five planes carrying around 90 tons of food to Qatar on June 11, and it was preparing one more. It was not clear if the cargos were an aid or a commercial transaction.

للتاريخ ، في نفس اليوم الذي رفضت فيه قطر بالسماح لمواطنيها بالحج ال بيت الله الحرام ، اعادت سفيرها الى من يدعون كذبا نصرة الاسلام و المسلمين

— خالد بن ‏أحمد (@khalidalkhalifa) August 23, 2017