Ali Al Aradi Urges Public to Follow Official Guidance After Iranian Attacks

TDT | Manama

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Bahrain has dealt with Iranian aggressions by issuing rolling public statements to keep people informed and guide behaviour during what was described as an exceptional period, Shura Council member Ali Al Aradi said in an interview with Bahrain TV.

Al Aradi said the Kingdom was acting with ‘high responsibility and transparency’, using successive updates to reassure citizens and residents and explain what to do as events unfold. ‘The Kingdom of Bahrain, day by day, achieves great successes,’ he said. ‘These consecutive statements first provide citizens with the situation as it is, explaining how the situation is being dealt with.’

He said Bahrain has a national crisis-management system that was activated to handle the current conditions, feeding into decisions on schooling, remote work and food security. Al Aradi said the aim was to keep services running and daily life moving. ‘Bahrain is ready; this readiness, which is part of the government’s work programme and the plans of the relevant authorities, has been prepared in advance so that life can continue normally in Bahrain,’ he said.

Al Aradi said public duty, for citizens and residents alike, is shown by sticking to instructions meant to protect people and property. ‘The primary goal is the protection of the citizen and the resident. It also protects your way of life,’ he said, urging people to take guidance from official channels.

He said the Iranian aggressions breached the United Nations Charter and international law, and he expected a united response from the international community condemning the attacks and backing Gulf Co-operation Council states. ‘It is not acceptable for a state to thus attack peaceful, stable countries that have not taken any action against Iran, nor have they entered into war against it,’ he said. He also pointed to Gulf statements of condemnation, saying they framed the attacks as aggression under international rules. ‘These condemnations first confirmed the position of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Gulf States, considering them states that have been attacked according to the rules of international law. This aggression is a blatant aggression,’ he said.

Al Aradi praised Bahrain’s security and military personnel and said he had full faith in their work. ‘We have absolute, not just great, but absolute confidence in the capability of the members of the security and military forces,’ he said.

He warned against spreading rumours and urged people not to film at incident sites, saying this can cause harm and may lead to legal action. He linked this to the need for accurate information from the authorities. ‘Transparency is important in conveying what is happening, and it naturally reflects responsibility and, before that, the readiness of the concerned authorities to be able to provide accurate and correct information to citizens and residents,’ he said.

He also praised the unified GCC civil defence system’s handling of falling debris, describing it as capable and professional. Al Aradi said joint co-ordination among GCC states, in military, security and social work, helps raise readiness in the face of threats. He said the GCC has long called for good neighbourly conduct and non-interference, while remaining firm. ‘The GCC system has always called for the application of good neighbourliness principles and non-interference in the internal affairs of states, but it is also a strong system that will not allow that,’ he said.