International report: Iran militia uses identical explosive devices in Bahrain and Yemen
English - Wednesday 18 December 2019 الساعة 08:20 pm
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Explosive devices seized by Bahrain's security forces from pro-Iranian Shiite militias share the same Iranian-made electronic components as those used by Houthi rebels to kill innocent people in Yemen, according to a new report by The Arms Research foundation in conflict.
The research teams specialized in tracking weapons around the world examined a variety of explosive devices and their components found by both Bahraini and Saudi security forces in recent years, including radio-controlled ieds and fragmentation mines, Self-configured penetrating fragments, negative infrared sensors emitted from objects.
Bomb-making capabilities have grown significantly in Gulf Shiite-majority Bahrain between 2012 and 2018, the report says.
The report, published On Tuesday (December 17th), finds that bahrain's local bomb makers are skilled at assembling a variety of improvised explosive devices with many local parts, but concludes that they also use explosive electronic circuit boards controlled by After pre-assembled imported from outside the country.
He said some of these electronic components come from Iran, matching those used by Houthi rebels, as well as those on the Beyhan-1 ship loaded with weapons confiscated off the coast of Yemen in 2013.
He pointed out that "there is a large amount of components of the ieds documented by the foundation's teams in Bahrain, namely pressure sensors, and components of remote-controlled ieds, identical or similar to those documented by the foundation's teams in Yemen, after they were captured from the Houthis.
With regard to pressure sensors, the report concludes that this indicates that the actors possessing the components in Yemen and Bahrain and the intended beneficiaries of the shipment of the ceyhan 1, confiscated off the coast of Yemen, share a similar or consistent supply line in the transfer of knowledge.
Manufacturer information and parts numbers were also found on several radio-controlled electronic circuit board components that were deliberately removed by abrasion, a feature noted by enterprise investigators in devices also used by the Houthis.
The Government of Bahrain accused the detained bomb makers of having links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah.
In 2013, the Ceyhan 1 was seized by the Yemeni government and was transporting military equipment of various types and assets, including Iranian manufactured ammunition, C-4 explosives, portable air defense systems, pressure sensors and about 2,000 electronic components used in Manufacture of radio-controlled ieds.
Initial reports said the shipment was destined for al-Shabaab in Somalia, but Yemeni officials confirmed it was aimed at Houthi forces. The Un-Iran Expert Group, which investigated the incident, concluded that Iran was "at the centre of Operation Ceyhan." The research institution compared the secret and unpublished photographs taken from components on the Ceyhan1 with those documented in Yemen and Bahrain, and found that the components were identical.
The United States also accuses the Iranian government of providing missile and drone technologies to Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Last year, the research firm concluded that landmines and improvised explosive devices produced by Houthi rebels in Yemen included Iranian components.
