“Revolutions in the region are all influenced by Iran’s revolution and any damage to the Iranian revolution would impair other revolutions as well,” Sheikh Hassan Abdullah said, addressing a students gathering in Iran’s Southeastern Kerman province on Sunday.

He further noted that the revolution in Bahrain has the same drives and goals sought by Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979.

“Similar to the Iranian people’s 1979 revolution, the people in Bahrain have risen because they want to get rid of the oppression and yoke of a cruel king,” the Bahraini politician and activist said.

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty’s over-40-year rule.

Violence against defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar – were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13 to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.

Yet, protests and rallies continued throughout the country in defiance of the martial law put in place by Manama since last month.

On Saturday Bahrainis repeated their demand for the ouster of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and condemned Riyadh’s involvement in the suppression of the revolution.

People have announced that they will continue protests until the regime collapses.

Demonstrators have been demanding constitutional reforms as well as an end to the 230-year-old monarchy, with hundreds camping out peacefully in the capital’s Pearl Square since February 14th.

Bahraini and Saudi security forces have been brutally suppressing anti-government protestors. So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and about 1,000 others have been injured.

Source : Fars News Agency