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."

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi stressed that his country expressed readiness to return stranded Bahrainis in Iran to their homeland, however, the Bahraini government has done nothing in this respect.