Tehran's Friday prayers sermon preacher, Sheikh Kazem Sadiqi, condemned the Bahraini authorities' attempts to disperse the crowds defending Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, outside his house in the town of Diraz.

Authorities in Kuwait say four Kuwaitis detained in Iran were released to the emirate's embassy in Tehran and soon will be returning home, the Associated Press reported.

Saudi Arabia is determined to prevent external "interference" in neighbouring war-torn Yemen, King Salman said in an annual address on Wednesday.

The High Criminal Court adjourned the case of 138 defendants until January 11 to listen to the attesting witness. The defendants were accused of establishing and joining the "Zulfiqar Brigades", collaborating with Iran's Revolutionary Guards, blasting 19 bomb attacks and planting hoax bombs in several areas across Bahrain.

Bahraini “Awal Center for Studies and Documentation” launched at the beginning of this month (December 2016), its latest publication for 2016, the book “Mr. Ambassador: Mohammad Javad Zarif”, in its booth in the Beirut International Book Fair.

Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed its deep concerns about doubling the prison sentence against al-Wefaq Society Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman, in response to the Appeals Court decision to uphold a 9-year prison sentence against him on Monday.

Former Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council, Ellen Laipson, believed that there is a US trend under the new administration to change the policy toward Iran. She called on discussing with Iran the files it likes to participate in, among which is water scarcity in the Middle East.

Iran summoned the British ambassador on Saturday to protest against remarks by Prime Minister Theresa May who accused Tehran of "aggressive regional actions" in a speech to a Gulf Arab summit.

Former director of the Saudi Arabian General Intelligence Directorate, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, said that he does not support stopping the nuclear deal with Iran in the current phase, calling on to activate the agreement’s articles to guarantee that Iran will not own nuclear -weapons for 15 years.

British Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson said accused the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, one of his country’s strongest allies in the region, of “participating in proxy wars” and “twisting and abusing religion” for political ends.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders ended their 37th Summit in Manama. The closing statement did not break new ground in the “Gulf Union” file, which was heavily promoted in Gulf press during the past few days.

The Islamic Republic of Iran denied all the allegations mentioned in the final statement of the 37th GCC summit that closed its work session on Wednesday (December 7, 2016) in Manama.

Britain will help Gulf states "push back" against aggressive regional actions by Iran, Prime Minister Theresa May told the Gulf Cooperation Council in Bahrain on Wednesday in a televised address.

The “Al Asalah Salafist Society” called on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to consider Iran “The first strategic enemy of Islam, Arabs, and human civilization.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani demanded Sunday that President Barack Obama block an extension of sanctions passed by the U.S. Congress, saying Tehran would otherwise “firmly respond.”

A Saudi court on Tuesday sentenced 15 people to death for spying for the kingdom's arch-enemy, Iran, Saudi-owned media reported, in a ruling that could further stoke tension between the two rival powers.

Politics Home website said that the British Prime Minister Theresa May has acknowledged human rights concerns about Gulf nations as she prepares to fly out to Bahrain for a summit with six governments where she will push for closer trading ties.

The U.S. military presence in the Gulf poses the main risk of conflict in the region, an Iranian military official said on Tuesday after Washington said an Iranian vessel had pointed its weapon at a U.S. helicopter in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Minister for Shura Council and House of Representatives Affairs of Bahrain, Ghanim Al-Buainain, said that the Gulf Union file will be ready at the GCC leaders’ summit to be hosted by Bahrain next month, adding that the Union might be established without Oman.

The final US Embassy cables on Ashura in Bahrain that WikiLeaks managed to leak discussed the Ashura commemorations during December of 2009.