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Bahraini authorities have launched a crackdown on Shiite Muslim clerics they accuse of fostering allegiance to Tehran at home. Officials framed the move in existential terms, saying Iran seeks to topple the ruling Sunni family, according to a Reuters report from Manama. The report says the crackdown follows Iranian attacks on Bahrain and support for Tehran among some Bahrainis. The report does not give the number of clerics detained.