Military ties between Israel and Bahrain are strengthening, and naval cooperation between regional countries under American leadership is one of the largest of its kind in the world, a senior American naval commander stated.

The United Arab Emirates' senior national security adviser met his Iranian counterpart and hardline President Ebrahim Raisi in a rare visit to Iran on Monday, a move aimed at overcoming their long-standing differences and increasing cooperation.

Two leading Iranian banks have welcomed a decision by a Hague-based tribunal to order Bahrain to pay them more than USD270 million in compensation for its 2015 closure of a bank they had supported.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh responded to Bahrain's announcement that it had arrested an armed cell in Bahrain and that Iran was the source of these alleged weapons.

U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Nov. 11-20 to coordinate ahead of fresh talks about reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian expressed in a phone call with his British counterpart his country's regret over the continued human rights abuse in Bahrain.

About 10 years ago, there was much talk of a Gulf trend of normalization with Israel, and Bahrain's name has always been present in this news.

As the Prime Minister of Israel inaugurated his country's embassy in the Bahraini capital, Manama, mass demonstrations were staged to denounce the Bahraini government's position towards the Palestinian cause and normalization with the usurping entity.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the Bahraini authorities' reception of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid as a "humiliating step", considering that this reception comes "against the will of the public opinion of the noble and free Bahraini people."

Israel and Bahrain announced on Sunday signing a memorandum of understanding: "Fight Iran in the war of ideas." Reactions on the agreement varied. What is Tel Aviv's aim of this cooperation and why has it chosen Bahrain in particular?

Iran strongly rejected accusations leveled against the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian banks by the Bahraini judiciary.

The United States of America seized the website domain of the Bahraini opposition satellite channel, Lualua TV, as part of a widespread campaign that targeted 33 websites of Arab and Islamic news channels.

Commenting on the establishment of an international committee to investigate human rights crime in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bahrain said that it is committed to the principles of good neighborliness.

The Bahraini judiciary issued on Sunday a new ruling in the case of money-laundering which the "Future Bank, a number of Iranian banks and the Central Bank of Iran are accused with.

Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz said on Saturday his "initial assessment" was that Iran was responsible for an explosion on an Israeli-owned ship (MV Helios Ray) in the Gulf of Oman.

Iran responded to demands of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to take part in any potential US negotiations with Iran saying that these states should know their size.

Al-Wefaq Society issued a comment on a number of topics in which it affirmed that it rejects the visit of Zionist prime minister to Bahrain and its commendation of the sectarian rulings issued by the regime's courts against citizens of a certain sectarian component for reasons related to freedom of religion and belief.

Former US president Barack Obama discussed in his memoir issued on (November 17) the US policy during which was known as the "Arab Spring" in 2011. Obama acknowledged the "contradiction" as he sought to balance "competing interests", and presented a bleak portrait of how much of the Middle East's leadership.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatib Zadeh condemned Bahrain's decision to normalize relations with Israel, describing the move as disgraceful and a betrayal of the Palestinian people, considering that it makes the rulers of the Gulf kingdom "partners in the crimes of the Zionist regime."

The U.S. administration has chosen a senior and controversial diplomat, Elliot Abrams, to succeed Brian Hook as special envoy for Iran, following the latter's sudden resignation.