The official Bahrain News Agency says the Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian Embassy's acting charge d'affaires, Mortadha Sanubari, on Sunday evening.
The BACA president will be honoured, along with Queen Sophia of Spain in October in New York during the annual Hadrian Gala, which will be held as part of celebrations marking the WMF golden jubilee.
Bahrain has criticised the recent statement by the US State Department wherein it expressed concern over detention of some individuals on criminal charges.
Nabeel Rajab had been under arrest since April 2 on charges related to comments he made online criticising the treatment of political prisoners at a prison.
The King issued a royal decree on Monday granting a special pardon to Nabeel Rajab for health reasons.
Ambassadors from different countries joined in the festive occasion organised by Al Hawaj family
Ebrahim Sharif was released on June 18 after serving almost his five years sentence in a case involving foiled attempt to overthrow the government in 2011.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday that their convictions ruled by the independent judicial power
The first of its kind in the Old City since 1967, the Bahrain Public Library was opened in collaboration with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Al Quds University.