Bahrain: The country’s rulers say they have revoked the citizenship
of a Shia cleric with close links to Iraq as part of a crackdown on suspected dissidents.
A statement by Bahrain’s Interior Minister says citizenship was pulled from Ayatollah Hussein Al Najati and his family.
Al Najati is the Bahrain representative of Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, the country’s most influential Shia political cleric.
Al Najati was born in Bahrain and studied in Iraq and Iran.