Bahrain Mirror: The Chief of Bahrain's Terrorist Crimes Prosecution, attorney-general Ahmad Al-Hammadi, stated that an arrest warrant was issued by the Department of Criminal Investigation against a terrorist group called "Al-Basta Group" backed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) and Lebanon's Hezbollah.

"The investigations indicated that one of the suspects had travelled to Iran by the end of 2011 to secure financial, moral, and logistic support to implement the terrorist plans of the group depending on his connections with terrorist members based in Iran who have tight relations with senior members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the terrorist Hezbollah group. The investigations also showed that some of the suspects had travelled to Lebanon to seek financial support from Lebanon's terrorist group Hezbollah in 2012, they met with Hezbollah's Secretary-General and suggested the idea of the organization and its goals which aim at overthrowing the regime, and requested financial assistance in order to continue their terrorist activities in the kingdom of Bahrain. Thus, they were provided by an amount of money. The investigations added that some other suspects who are members in the same organization met with senior members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They received necessary support from them vowing to submit periodic reports on the activities of the party and backed terrorist groups, and how the funds provided are spent. The investigations also revealed that the suspects funded terrorists in order to implement their terrorist plots and activities, depending on the funds they received from the the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) and terrorist Hezbollah group", claimed Al-Hammadi.

"Accordingly, Bahrain's Terrorist Crime Prosecution commenced interrogation procedures questioning 10 of the suspects, 8 out of whom confessed to committing the crimes mentioned above. They were charged with having contact and seeking contact with those working for the interest of a foreign country aiming at harming the country's political position and national interests. They also were charged with requesting and receiving funds from a foreign country and from those who works for it in order to commit an act that harms the national interests of the country. They were charged as well with forming and managing a terrorist group, and collecting funds and providing money for terrorist acts. Following the interrogation, all of the suspects were arrested and Bahrain's Department of Combating Cyber Crimes was assigned to empty the personal electronic devices of the suspects, request investigations about the rest of the suspects and enquire about the suspects' travel records from Bahrain's Nationality Passports and Residence Affairs", he further stated.

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