A senior Iranian cleric has urged Bahrain's majority Shiites to keep up their protests - until death or victory - against the Sunni monarchy in the tiny island kingdom.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati called on "brothers and sisters" in Bahrain to "resist against the enemy until you die or win".
The cleric spoke to worshippers in Tehran during Friday prayers.
He asked all Muslims to support the opposition protesters in Bahrain, which is under emergency rule.
After prayers, thousands of Iranians rallied and chanted against the rulers of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Iran has denounced the deployment of a Saudi-led force from Sunni Arab allies this week to prop up Bahrain's Sunni monarchy against widening demonstrations by the Shiite-led opposition.
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