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Print this page WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department this week designated as a terrorist organization a Bahrain-based Shi’ite militant group known as Saraya al-Mukhtar (SM) for allegedly receiving “financial and logistic” assistance from the Iranian military to oust the small island Arab nation’s government.
“Saraya al-Mukhtar is an Iran-backed terrorist organization based in Bahrain, reportedly receiving financial and logistic support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement Tuesday.
FILE - US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo meets with Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani during his visit to Manama, Bahrain, Aug. 25, 2020. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)