[21 May 2012] Iranian students protest against plans to merge Bahrain and Saudi Arabia - English In solidarity with the people of Bahrain hundreds of university students in Iran protested against plans to merge Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. On March 2011, Bahraini government asked for military intervention of Saudi government in order to crush its people's revolution. People have been demanding the downfall of the Bahraini Monarch, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to replace it with democracy. Saudi Arabia is seeking to merge with Bahrain the plan has been criticized by the Bahraini opposition as a move that will undermine the country's sovereignty and independence. Iranian protestors are against Saudi interventions in Bahrain.