56. 政府在 2021 年 7 月 29 日的答复中解释称，该案共涉及 18 名被告，包括本意见所涉及的五人。政府辩称，据调查显示，加入了 Wafa 伊斯兰运动军事分支Al-Ashtar 旅的逃亡恐怖分子一直与伊朗革命卫队成员保持联系和协调，从他们那里获得金钱、技术及后勤支持。他们已经通过智能手机通信及消息传递软件和8 来文方提及 A/HRC/16/48/Add.3，第 21 段。应用程序与巴林境内的几个颠覆分子联系。他们招募了一些人，并分派给他们在巴林国家境内实施恐怖行动的任务(见上文第 48 段)。
56. In its response of 29 July 2021, the Government explained that the case involved a total of 18 defendants, including the five individuals who are the subject of the present opinion. The Government argues that investigations revealed that the fugitive terrorist members who had joined the Al-Ashtar Brigades, the military arm of the Wafa’ Islamic Movement, are in constant contact and coordination with elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, that they receive from them monetary, technical and logistical support, and that they have contacted several subversive elements within Bahrain through smartphone 8 The source refers to A/HRC/16/48/Add.3, para. 21. communication and messaging software and applications. They have recruited some of them and tasked them to undertake terrorist operations inside the country (see para. 48 above).