Tensions between Iran and Arab Gulf neighbors
Aljazeera's Inside Story with presenter Kamahl Santamaria: The current unrest in Bahrain is being billed as one between the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) nations and their Persian neighbour. The foreign ministers of the six nations - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates recently met in Riyadh and released a statement criticizing what they called Iran's blatant interference in internal affairs, particularly in Bahrain and Kuwait. This comes after Iran's objection to Saudi Arabia sending in troops to Bahrain during the uprising there. In return, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the GCC statement was issued under the pressure of the US government and its allies.
Program guests: Hussein Shobokshi, a columnist for Asharq Alaw-sat newspaper; Ghanbar Naderi, a political commentator and jounalist; and Fahad Shulemi, a security analyst and a former colonel in the Kuwaiti army. This episode of Inside Story aired from Tuesday, April 5, 2011.
