Bahrain charges 18 with contacting Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Hezbollah: BNA

Bahrain has charged 18 people with contacting Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the Shi'ite Muslim Lebanese Hezbollah group with the aim of stirring up unrest in the kingdom, state news agency BNA reported on Wednesday. Bahrain cut diplomatic relations with Iran in January, a day after Riyadh severed ties with Tehran following attacks by Iranian demonstrators on Saudi diplomatic missions in response to the execution of a prominent Shi'ite Muslim Saudi cleric convicted on terrorism charges. It said