A Proposed Plan To Conssitute Union Consisting Of Saudi Arabia And Bahrain

In the meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council held in Saudi Arabia on May 15,it was proposed for greater cooperation to change Gulf Cooperation Council to "Gulf Union". This was proposed by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Under this proposal the GCC consisting of 6 countries including Qatar, United Arab Emirate Amman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will make proposed Union. In the first phase union consisting of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will be constituted. In the second phase gulf union composed of all the members will be made. A commission has also been constituted to consider the matters relating to making the union. The purpose of making union is to save the region from the affects of last year's Arab Spring and face the increasing influence of Iran in the region.
The proposal has created a conflict between Iran and Bahrain. The majority in Bahrain is of Shia community while the ruling class belongs to Sunni faith. Iran has strictly opposed the proposal and termed it an American plan to merge Bahrain with Saudi Arabia. The Shia people in Bahrain, Dubai and Iran have protested against the plan.
The Iranian newspaper Kihan that is under the influence of Iranian spiritual leader Ayatillah Khamnaei termed this plan of gulf union a conspiracy against Iran. It reiterated Iran's claim of Bahrain being part of it. Newspaper also said that Bahrain was the 14th province of Iran. Iran's desire to merge Bahrain with it is very old. Iran presents a strange logic of its claim that Bahrain was a part of Persia Sultanate till 17 th century and was snatched from it by Purtagese, so it should be returned to Iran. This claims exactly resembles to the ideology of Indian Hindu's Extremist organizations related to "United India". According to Hindus, Britishers had divided India India so Pakistan and Bangladesh be returned back to India.