Post-sovereignty dispute - relations between Bahrain and Iran

This file concerns relations between Bahrain and Iran and the post-sovereignty dispute. It contains correspondence relating to:

• An Iranian goodwill mission to Bahrain to inform the Ruler Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa that Iran has dropped its claim and accepted the UN Security Council resolution
• A planned return mission to Iran led by the President of the Bahrain State Council Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa and the agreement in principle to a visit by Sheikh Isa, depending on assurances that he would be received by the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• An article by the chief editor of Al Adwa' weekly newspaper Mahmoud Al Mardi titled 'The Visit to Iran was Successful'
• A conversation between Ambassador D A H Wright and Sheikh Khalifa at Sa'dabad Palace
• A suggestion by Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home that Sheikh Isa's visit to Iran may be used to influence Iranian attitudes on the Union of Arab Emirates and the disputed islands
• The discussions between Sheikh Isa and the Shah on the Median Line Agreement, 1970
• The circulation of a letter critical of the visit of Sheikh Isa and referring to the old Iranian claim to Bahrain as her fourteenth province by anti-regime Iranian students in Tehran.