Bahrain and Iran likely to restore diplomatic ties soon: US diplomat

TDT | Manama

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Bahrain, which severed diplomatic ties with Iran the day after Saudi Arabia did due to attacks on the Saudi embassy in Tehran, is expected to reinstate them "sometime soon," according to a top US diplomat.After the Saudi embassy in Tehran was assaulted in 2016, Saudi Arabia severed ties with Iran.

The regional rivals declared in March that diplomatic relations would be restored, and Iran reopened its embassy in Riyadh on June 6. Speaking to lawmakers on the potential of Bahrain resuming diplomatic relations with Iran, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf stated, "I think it will happen sometime soon."