MOSCOW, July 6 (Sputnik) — US is among global powers that triggers insecurity and terrorism in the Islamic world, Iran's Supreme Leader said Wednesday.
"[World powers are] supporting and fostering terrorism in practice," Khamenei was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency, referring to a US policy regarding Syria that turned political turmoil into a civil war, and which, he warned, could lead to the same scenario in Bahrain.
He called on Bahrain not to allow a political conflict to turn into a civil war and prevent people from being pitted against each other.
Since 2011, the Sunni regime in Bahrain became locked in a struggle with opposition led primarily by Shiites, who form a majority in the country. The opposition is calling for political freedom, equality and a parliamentary system that operates independently of Bahrain’s Sunni royal family.
