Bahrain returns its ambassador to Iran
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Bahrain has reinstated its ambassador in Iran, the country's foreign minister said, more than a year after the island kingdom withdrew its envoy to protest at Tehran's criticism against a Gulf-backed crackdown on Shi'ite protesters.
Bahrain recalled its ambassador from Iran in March last year after a Bahraini foreign ministry official called the remarks "blatant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs". Tehran responded by withdrawing its ambassador in what appeared to be a tit-for-tat move. "The ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Islamic Republic of Iran has returned to his work in Tehran," Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid al-Khalifa wrote on his Twitter page late on Saturday. (Reuters)
