Bahrain: Government Accuses Hezbollah of Aiding Opposition in UN Report

The Bahraini government officially accused Hezbollah of helping train anti-government opposition in an official report sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The report claims that the group has been training opposition figures at camps in both Lebanon and Iran and also accuses them of targeting other Gulf nations as well.  Bahrain also claims that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah of meeting with senior leaders of Bahrain’s largest Shi’ite opposition group al-Wefaq and the banned al-Haq group.  Hezbollah, Iran, and the Shi’ite opposition groups accused of complicity have all denied the charges.  The U.S. State Department has said it believes Iran’s role in the unrest in Bahrain has been minimal and that protests reflect “home-grown frustrations” of the long marginalized Bahraini Shi’a community.