Iran dismissed as "nonsense" comments made after U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis met with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that condemned Tehran's destabilising regional influence, state news agency IRNA reported on Friday.

The US Department of State announced that it designated Bahraini nationals Ahmad Hasan Yusuf and Alsayed Murtadha Majeed Ramadhan Alawi as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT).

Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, confirmed that he informed the Qatari Prince, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, that the Bahraini government’s approach towards the prominent religious clerics will undermine security and stability in the region.

Commenting on a question regarding leakages related to the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the State of Qatar, Deputy Secretary General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daih said that the Bahraini regime neglected all the calls and international and regional approaches in the case of prosecuting the Shiite presence.

Information reported that the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif did not raise the case of Bahrain during his meeting with the Qatari Emir in Doha last Wednesday (March 9, 2017).

Spokesman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Sayyed Hossein Naqvi Hosseini, said that the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s visit to Qatar was to discuss the case of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and demands of Bahraini people.

Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised the government of Bahrain to do its best to treat its people fairly and with honesty instead of resorting to “outdated” and security approaches.

Bahrain's parliament on Sunday approved a constitutional change allowing military courts to try civilians, the kingdom's latest rollback on reforms made after its 2011 Arab Spring protests that likely will stoke an ongoing government crackdown on dissent.

Bahrain's top government advisory body passed a constitutional amendment allowing suspected militants to be tried in military courts on Sunday, state news agency BNA reported, in a move criticized by activists.

Bahrain says it has arrested 25 suspected members of a terror group allegedly backed by Iran on the island nation.

Bahrain said Saturday that it had arrested 25 suspects accused of involvement in unrest in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, including a deadly jailbreak.

Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs and Assistant to Parliament Speaker, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said that Bahrain’s king could have built constructive relations with his people, if it wasn't for Saudi Arabia's military occupation of Bahrain.

Gulf countries must tighten coordination to fight an increasing number of cyber attacks, experts said on Monday, as one official blamed hackers in Iran.

Iran has sent a delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks on Iranians attending haj, state television reported on Wednesday, after Tehran boycotted the Muslim pilgrimage last year.

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that the major challenge to the Middle East is Iran, accusing it of undermining stability in every country in the Middle East.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Bahrain do not have military solutions, adding that each requires a political solution.

A man and wife were slightly injured on Tuesday by a "terrorist explosion" in Bahrain, the Bahraini interior ministry said.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Oman and Kuwait on Wednesday, state media reported, in his first visit to the Gulf Arab states since taking power in 2013.

Bahraini authorities say they have arrested several fugitives who were attempting to flee the country by boat at dawn after they broke out of prison earlier this year.

Bahrain said on Thursday it had foiled an attempt by "terrorist fugitives" wanted in connection with a January prison break to flee by sea to Iran.