Tehran funding terror in Bahrain, Geneva meeting told

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Middle-East
Tehran funding terror in Bahrain, Geneva meeting told
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 1 March 2018

In this file photo, an overview of the UN Human Rights Council can be seen in Geneva, Switzerland. (Reuters)

GENEVA: Iran has a major role in funding and organizing terror groups in Bahrain, a symposium held in Geneva to coincide with the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting has been told.

Iranian interference in Bahraini affairs was outlined by the Secretary-General of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society and Gulf-European Center for Human Rights, Faisal Fulad, in a paper entitled “Terrorism, Extremism and Human Rights.”

Extremist groups including Saraya Al-Ashtar and Saraya Al-Mukhtar were actively supported by Tehran, Fulad claimed.

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That is some odd ceiling at this UN building in Switzerland.

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That is some odd ceiling at this UN building in Switzerland.

U.N.'s $23 Million Ceiling Art
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Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo working in the "Hall XX" at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. Barcelo finished the painting of the dome of "Hall XX" of work that will house the UN's Human Rights Council, after 13 months. The hall was inaugurated Tuesday in the presence of Spanish King Juan Carlos, Queen Sophie, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Swiss Federal President Pascal Couchepin.