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Bahrain and Iran agree to start talks on resuming political relations

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Bahrain and Iran have agreed to start talks aimed at resuming political relations between the two countries, Bahrain's state news agency reported on Sunday.

Relations between Manama and Tehran have historically been tense © Mena Today 

Relations between Manama and Tehran have historically been tense © Mena Today 

Bahrain and Iran have agreed to start talks aimed at resuming political relations between the two countries, Bahrain's state news agency reported on Sunday.

This came in a meeting that brought together Bahrain's minister of foreign affairs Abdullatif Al-Zayani and Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani in Tehran.

Reporting By Ahmed Tolba and Muhammad Al Gebaly

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