General Qassem Suleimani, commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, said that the Bahraini regime is taking the advantage of the peaceful nature of the people protests to arrogantly abuse Sheikh Issa Qassem.

General Qassem Suleimani, commander of the IRGC's Quds Force, said that the Bahraini regime is taking the advantage of the peaceful nature of the people protests to arrogantly abuse Sheikh Issa Qassem.

In a statement, Suleimani added that the silence of the United Nations and the Western countries about the arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman encouraged the arrogant authorities in Bahrain to threaten the Shia leader in that country.

Abusing Sheikh Qassem will set fire to Bahrain and the whole region and lead to an armed resistance and a bloody intifada which would annihilate the arrogant regime of Al Khalifa.

Bahraini regime on Monday stripped Ayatollah Sheikh Issa al-Qassem from citizenship in a clear escalation against Shia clerics in Bahrain.