GCC ministerial council rebukes Iran over ‘incorrect’ statement on Bahrain prisoners

RIYADH: The GCC’s foreign ministers on Thursday condemned Iran for what they termed were “false” claims that prisoners were being treated badly in a Bahrain prison.

The ministers were responding to comments made by the spokesman of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs about jail conditions in Bahrain.

Citing the principles of the UN Charter on “good neighborliness and non-interference in the internal affairs of states,” the GCC Ministerial Council called on officials in Iran “to investigate accuracy and not rely on…