The popular uprising in Bahrain began in mid-February 2011. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates sent security and military forces to the country upon a request from Manama to help the Bahraini government quash the peaceful protests.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mohsen Saleh, professor at the Lebanese University, to further discuss the issue. What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Press TV: Looking at the situation in Bahrain it is months and months now well over a year that these protests have been taking place in Bahrain it has been called a revolution by some, an uprising by others, but what does this movement need do you think to reach any kind of conclusion?

Saleh: Well I guess this revolution is continuing and people will march until they get what they asked for and the regime should really understand that he cannot put down this revolution.

At least we can say that most of the international organizations started to feel that these people are protesting, are revolting against a corrupt regime and a discriminatory regime and of course people won’t be convinced by saying that we are going to go to the dialogue or freeing one prisoner or two, that is not enough. A very deep reformation should be added to this kind of dialogue, if there would be any dialogue.

Now the Americans, the Europeans, most of the international humanitarian organizations started to feel that Bahraini situation is a real revolution and can’t be helped or can’t be silenced by some of the sayings and words here and there whether from the Americans or from the Europeans.

I guess the revolution started to achieve something, acknowledgements from the international community and this revolution will be fruitful soon. I guess the regime cannot continue in this manner by besieging this village or by bringing to prison or detain some people here and there in the universities and schools, women and children, by killing this man or that.

Of course revolution is paying a very high price from their kids and from their men and from prisoners and from their daily life and their community life but I guess the revolution started to gain a momentum in the minds of the people who are watching this revolution and I guess it is soon enough.

I guess the Saudi Arabia and some of the states in the Persian Gulf probably they want to delay some of the reformations in Bahrain to see the political environment how it is going to be after Bahrain and after the victory of the revolution. The revolution is now in its last stages in achieving what the Bahrainis want.

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