TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani says his country is ready to develop relations will all regional countries under its neighborliness policy, which led to the restoration of ties with Saudi Arabia last week.
In comments on Tuesday, Kan’ani said the Islamic Republic’s neighbor-based policy sees “no exception” among regional countries, including Bahrain, which severed diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016.
“The promotion of relations with regional countries, including Bahrain, is among the Iranian administration’s policies,” Kan’ani told Iran’s Arabic-language television news network al-Alam TV.
Kan’ani said Iran’s neighborliness policy includes boosting relations with regional countries based on common interests.
“In view of a promising prospect, we can witness the realization of new conditions in relations with the regional countries, including Bahrain.”
“Bahrain is not an exception,” he reiterated. “Fortunately, we are witnessing good diplomatic moves in this regard as well. Parliamentary diplomacy has also been almost activated in this regard.”
On January 4, 2016, Bahrain followed Saudi Arabia’s decision by severing diplomatic relations with Iran, after Iranian protesters, enraged by the execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr by the Saudi government, stormed its diplomatic mission in Iran.