’How can those who use weapons against their people want to govern them?’
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has censured foreign military invasion of Bahrain to help quell pro-democracy protests as “foul and doomed”, holding the US accountable for the move.
"This expedition is a very foul and doomed experience and regional nations will hold the American government responsible for this," Ahmadinejad told reporters after a cabinet meeting, IRNA reported.
"The US seeks to save the Zionist regime and to smother the popular movements. And that is why it supports certain governments," The Iranian president said.
"Unfortunately there is a mobilization against the population in Bahrain today, which is a very foul, unjustifiable and incomprehensible act. How can those who use weapons against their people want to govern them?" Ahmadinejad said.
On Monday, a Saudi official said that more than 1,000 troops, part of the Persian Gulf countries' Peninsula Shield Force, had entered Bahrain, aiming to quell the escalating anti-government protests at the request of the Bahraini government.
Five people were martyred and hundreds were injured on Wednesday by Bahraini and Saudi violent crackdown, what resulted in a huge massacre.
Ahmadinejad also issued a veiled warning to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi to remember what became of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after attacking Iran and Kuwait before falling in the 2003 US invasion of his country, state broadcasting media reported. "The United States is not a trustworthy and faithful friend to you, and so far it has sacrificed all of its friends, including Saddam," Ahmadinejad said.
Iran's Parliament has decided to launch an investigation into the severe suppression of anti-government protesters in Bahrain. During a closed-door parliamentary session on Wednesday, Iranian lawmakers expressed concerns over the 'massacre' of Bahraini people and the deployment of foreign military forces in the country, Majlis Presiding Board spokesman Mohsen Kouhkan told reporters on Wednesday.
The Iranian parliamentarians urged members of the Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy to offer practical diplomatic solutions, which could put an end to the 'slaughter' of people in Bahrain, he continued.
