Tensions deepened last year when Saudi Arabia deployed troops to the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain to help crush a Shia-led uprising there.
The Kingdom of Bahrain is an archipelago of islands located in the Arabian Gulf and has a population of just over one million people.
The Prize was launched in 2005 and is placed under the patronage of King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
In a statement, Team Pindar confirmed Kingdom of Bahrain was stopped by Iranian navy vessels, as it headed to the start of the race.
The Prize was created in 2005 and is placed under the patronage of HM King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Dubai-Muscat Offshore Race organisers said the crew of the Kingdom of Bahrain yacht, who were preparing for a race, may have been "drifting" after experiencing propeller problems.
The Kingdom of Bahrain is owned by the Sail Bahrain project, which aims to promote the island as a yachting destination and was recently launched by Team Pindar.
The decision was "left for as long as possible in the sincere hope that ongoing events -- resulting from recent unrest in the Kingdom of Bahrain -- might have improved, leaving me able to join the celebrations of the House of Windsor and the family of Miss Middleton, without being overshadowed by issues in Bahrain, " Al-Khalifa wrote.
The workshop on "Capacity-building of national institutions in the field of prevention against illicit trafficking of cultural objects" which took place in Bahrain National Museum (Kingdom of Bahrain) from 21 to 25 November 2010 was organized by UNESCO Doha Office and the Section of Museums and Cultural Objects in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Information of Bahrain.
As supporters of Bahrain's Shi'ites have maintained since the unrest spread to the kingdom last year, Bahrain's Shi'ites are not Iranian proxies.
Bahrain's Shiites account for about 70 percent of the kingdom's more than 550, 000 native-born citizens.
One issue which dominated the buildup to last season was the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix due to civil unrest in the Gulf kingdom.
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