The country’s interior ministry said legal proceedings are under way against the 41 people arrested.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry says it has arrested dozens of people in the country accused of belonging to a group linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The ministry announced the arrests of 41 people in a statement on Saturday, saying “legal proceedings are under way against them”.

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The statement did not list specific charges against the individuals, but said their arrests relate to earlier investigations into espionage and expressions of support for Iranian attacks during the war launched against Iran in late February by Israel and the United States.

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