Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast condemned brutal crackdowns against Bahraini peaceful demonstrations in a statement released on Friday.

Tehran’s provisional Friday prayers leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ahmad Khatami, said that the main objective of the European Union to impose economic sanctions and oil embargo on Iran is to adversely influence the upcoming elections in Iran.

IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the Western governments have targeted the Iranian people by imposing sanctions on Iran.