Watch: Bahrainis cheer as Iranian missiles hit US base in their own country again

[Bahrain]

Bahrainis have been [filmed][1] cheering “like it’s New Year’s fireworks” as a new barrage of Iranian missiles hit a US base in Bahrain:

[https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/XcHSy1upaFLXWxAY1.mp4][2]

The footage brings to mind scenes from the June 2025 ’12-day war’ in which Palestinians [cheered][3] as they watched Iranian missiles slam into their oppressor’s military facilities.

The small island in the Persian Gulf, which was a British protectorate (also read: colony) in the 19th century, has a majority Shia population and a Sunni king. In 2011, Bahrain saw a [popular uprising violently crushed][4] by an army from Saudi Arabia and its allies, which remain stationed (also read as occupying) on the island.

Iran’s strikes on the US and Israel are in retaliation for the axis’s [unprovoked attacks on Iran][5], which murdered hundreds on 28 February 2026, [including][6] at least 85 [schoolgirls and their teachers][7].

*Featured image via the Canary*

By [Skwawkbox][8]

[1]: https://x.com/i/status/2027794751047520309
[2]: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/XcHSy1upaFLXWxAY1.mp4
[3]: https://skwawkbox.org/2025/06/15/video-iranian-retaliatory-missiles-slam-into-haifa-after-another-israeli-attack/
[4]: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/02/bahrain-dreams-of-reform-crushed-10-years-after-uprising/
[5]: https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/02/28/iran-must-return/
[6]: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15601845/Airstrike-horror-85-schoolgirls-killed-Iran-Trumps-base-turns-evil-war.html
[7]: https://www.thecanary.co/global/2026/02/28/israel-murders-40-children/
[8]: https://www.thecanary.co/author/skwawkbox/


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