Three on trial in Bahrain charged with spying for Iran

One Bahraini and two Iranians are on trial in Bahrain on charges of spying for Iran, which the kingdom has accused of meddling in its internal affairs, the official BNA news said on Tuesday. The three are accused of providing military and economic information to the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards between 2002 and April 2010, with "the intention of harming the national interests of the country," BNA said.
The court has adjourned the case until April 20, it said. It did not say when the prosecution of the three began. The case comes at a time of heightened tension between Iran and Bahrain, with the kingdom accusing the Islamic republic of supporting a mid-February to mid-March Shia-led pro-democracy uprising there.