ʻO ka mōʻī liʻiliʻi ʻo Gulf o Baharaina Ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia i kahi hālāwai palekana moana ʻo Gulf, ma hope o ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka hoʻouna ʻana ma ka hoʻolālā ʻO Strait o Hormuz. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bahrain, ʻo ia hoʻi ka US Fifth Fleet, ua mālama ʻia ka ʻaha kūkā "e kūkākūkā i ke kūlana kūloko o kēia manawa a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hui."
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia i "ka hoʻouka pinepine ʻana a me nā hana ʻae ʻole o Iran," i hōʻike ʻia e Reuters.
ʻAʻole i wehewehe ʻo Manama i ka mea i hele i ka ʻaha kūkā, i mālama ʻia ma ka Pōʻakolu. Ua hōʻike ka Guardian i kahi lā ma mua ua kāhea ʻo UK i kahi hālāwai ma Bahrain me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻEulopa a me ka US.
Ma mua o ka Pōʻakolu, ua ʻōlelo ke alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe o Iran ʻo Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "e lanakila ka makemake o ka poʻe" ma Bahrain, ma hope o nā kūʻē ma laila ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻana o ʻelua mau mea hoʻoikaika Muslim Shiite i ka hopena pule.