MPs Propose Boycott of Iranian Goods
TDT | Manama
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An urgent call to cut Bahrain’s links with Iran was proposed in Parliament on Tuesday, with MPs urging the government to ban Iranian goods and end political, diplomatic, economic, sporting and other ties with Tehran.
The proposal, put forward by MP Mohammed Al Olaiwi and four other MPs, asks the government to impose a full trade boycott by stopping the entry of all Iranian products and halting commercial dealings with Iran at once.
It also calls for a grace period for private firms to clear existing Iranian stock from the local market or re-export it, while all air and sea links between the two countries, direct and indirect, would also be stopped under the proposal.
In their explanatory note, the MPs said the move followed recent Iranian attacks on Bahrain, other Arab Gulf states and Jordan.
They said those events posed a direct threat to the country’s sovereignty, security and stability.
The note said the proposal was driven by the need to protect internal security, answer what it called hostile Iranian policies and interference, and stand with Gulf states and Jordan after the attacks they faced.
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