False Flag Operation Exposed: US Fires Missile at Bahrain and Injures 32 Civilians
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MANAMA – A false flag attack has been exposed in Bahrain. Reuters news agency reported that the attack, which injured 32 civilians on 9 March 2026 in Mahazza on Sitra Island near the capital Manama’s coast, was caused by a Patriot missile fired from a United States (US) military base in the country.
Bahrain initially accused Iran of launching drones and missiles in retaliation against the US and Zionist Israel. “The Patriot missile involved in the Bahrain explosion was operated by the United States,” Reuters wrote on Sunday (22/3/2026).
A team of researchers from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies concluded that the fired Patriot missile originated from a US defence battery located about 4 miles southwest of the missile’s impact site. “A US-operated Patriot air defence battery fired the interceptor missile involved in the pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians, including children and the elderly, and destroyed residents’ homes in Bahrain,” Reuters reported.
The US and Bahraini government authorities initially pointed to Iran as the perpetrator. At the time, Iran targeted Uncle Sam’s military bases in Gulf countries, including Bahrain.
However, Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had denied those accusations. Although acknowledging that Iran’s military fired missiles at Bahrain, the targets were US military bases.
Iran dismissed the initial accusations from Bahrain and the US, claiming a false flag operation carried out by certain parties to blame Iran and provoke Arab Gulf countries to join the Zionist-US fight against Iran.
Now, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has responded to Reuters’ findings along with the research team in Bahrain. “What the enemy hid has now been revealed,” the Iranian statement quoted by Palestine Chronicle on Monday (23/3/2026).
Iran’s Foreign Ministry believes that various false flag operations in other Arab countries are massive to corner Iran in the resistance war against Zionist-US this time. “This (in Bahrain) is an example of a false flag plan designed to distort Iran’s retaliation by provoking our neighbouring countries to be hostile to Iran,” the Palestine Chronicle report continued.
Iran’s military has also denied several of its missile strikes targeting Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Oman. Recently, Iran also denied sending its long-range cruise missiles to the British Military Base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean waters.
Lately, reports circulated that the missile targeting Diego Garcia was fired by an Israeli-flagged submarine. However, that latest report has not been responded to by various parties.