Bahrain has stripped citizenship from 69 people and arrested more than 50 Shi'ite clerics and religious speakers in a crackdown over alleged allegiance to Iran ... MANAMA, Nov 6 : Bahrain has stripped the citizenship of 69 citizens of Iranian heritage and intensified a crackdown on Shi'ite Muslim clerics following the war with Iran, as authorities accuse some groups of placing loyalty to Tehran above the kingdom's sovereignty.