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- 1 2 "Iranian Activists Plan Aid Flotilla to Bahrain", May 10, 2011, Voice of America.
- ↑ "Iran to Dispatch Aid Flotilla to Bahrain Next Week" Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine , May 10, 2011, Fars News Agency.
- ↑ "Iran to Dispatch Solidarity Convoy to Bahrain", May 10, 2011, ABNA.
- ↑ "Iranian solidarity convoy to travel to Bahrain", Political Desk, May 10, 2011, Tehran Times.