Bahrain begins trial of 19 defendants on espionage charges with Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

July 5, 2026 - 22:23 | Last updated July 5, 2026 - 22:23

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The Grand Criminal Court in Bahrain today (Sunday) began its first session to try 19 defendants, including 11 in custody and 8 fugitives, in a case of espionage and working for the Revolutionary Guard, according to the Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

The Attorney General, head of the Terrorism Prosecution, stated that the Grand Criminal Court reviewed, in its session held today, the case concerning the establishment and management of a terrorist group aimed at calling for the suspension of the provisions of the constitution and laws, preventing state institutions and authorities from performing their duties, harming national unity, with the goal of changing the existing constitutional system in the country and excluding its authorities, by promoting and entrenching the ideology of the Guardianship of the Jurist as an extension of the revolution in Iran, aiming for complete subordination to the Supreme Leader of that state and submission to its political control, through the domination of places of worship, mourning houses, and husseiniyahs, and exploiting them to spread that ideology, inciting against the existing regime, calling for rebellion against it, and entrenching opposing ideas, as well as supporting actions aimed at destabilizing the country.

He pointed out that the Public Prosecution had ordered the referral of 19 defendants in this case to trial, including 11 defendants in custody and 8 fugitives, based on what the investigations revealed regarding the defendants' establishment of the group to achieve the aforementioned purposes, and using terrorism as one of their means to achieve their goals, and what the investigations and extensive security and financial inquiries uncovered about the defendants collecting funds to support the activities of that group, and some of them communicating with the State of Iran and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, with the intent to harm the position and interests of the Kingdom, and working to change the existing constitutional system in the country by force and through illegal means, inciting the commission of terrorist acts, riots, and sabotage, and working to spread and entrench the ideology of the Guardianship of the Jurist.

The Attorney General, head of the Terrorism Prosecution, added that the defendants were arrested, and their residences were searched based on warrants from the Public Prosecution, and large sums of money were seized from some of them, in addition to books, writings, and documents related to the defendants' activities within the group.

The prosecution interrogated the arrested defendants and ordered their referral to the Grand Criminal Court, which reviewed the case today in the presence of the lawyers of the defendants present, and decided to postpone the hearing of the case to a session on July 12, 2026, for review and pleading.

The Grand Criminal Court in Bahrain today (Sunday) began its first session to try 19 defendants, including 11 in custody and 8 fugitives, on charges of espionage and working for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, according to the Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

The Attorney General, head of the Terrorism Prosecution, stated that the Grand Criminal Court reviewed, in its session held today, the case concerning the establishment and management of a terrorist group aimed at calling for the suspension of the provisions of the constitution and laws, preventing state institutions and authorities from performing their duties, harming national unity, with the goal of changing the existing constitutional system in the country and excluding its authorities, by promoting and entrenching the ideology of the Guardianship of the Jurist as an extension of the revolution in Iran, aiming for complete subordination to the Supreme Leader of that state and submission to its political control, through the domination of places of worship, mourning houses, and husseiniyahs, and exploiting them to spread that ideology, inciting against the existing regime, calling for rebellion against it, and entrenching opposing ideas, as well as supporting actions aimed at destabilizing the country.

He pointed out that the Public Prosecution had ordered the referral of 19 defendants in this case to trial, including 11 defendants in custody and 8 fugitives, based on what the investigations revealed regarding the defendants' establishment of the group to achieve the aforementioned purposes, using terrorism as one of their means to achieve their goals, and what the investigations and extensive security and financial inquiries uncovered about the defendants collecting funds to support the activities of that group, and some of them communicating with the State of Iran and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, with the intent to harm the position and interests of the Kingdom, and working to change the existing constitutional system in the country by force and through illegal means, inciting the commission of terrorist acts, riots, and sabotage, and working to spread and entrench the ideology of the Guardianship of the Jurist.

The Attorney General, head of the Terrorism Prosecution, added that the defendants were arrested, and their residences were searched based on warrants from the Public Prosecution, and large sums of money were seized from some of them, in addition to books, writings, and documents related to the defendants' activities within the group.

The prosecution interrogated the arrested defendants and ordered their referral to the Grand Criminal Court, which reviewed the case today in the presence of the lawyers of the defendants who were present, and decided to postpone the hearing of the case to a session on July 12, 2026, for review and pleading.

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