Gulf countries strongly condemn Iran's drone attack on Bahrain as rising tensions threaten MOU

Several Gulf countries person powerfully denounced Iran's Saturday drone strikes connected the land federation of Bahrain, portion vowing to basal agreed against immoderate imaginable aggression from Tehran successful the future.

This escalation poses the top menace yet to the memorandum of knowing signed past week by President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

After Iran struck a cargo vessel successful the Strait of Hormuz connected Friday, the U.S. launched overnight airstrikes connected Iranian missile, drone and radar sites. Iran responded Saturday with the drone strikes connected Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.

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Smoke rises aft reported Iranian rocket attacks, pursuing strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran, successful Manama, Bahrain, Feb. 28, 2026. (Reuters)

The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, called Iran's onslaught connected Bahrain "treacherous," adding that it volition undermine ongoing bid efforts successful the Middle East.

The GCC represents the interests of Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, respective of which released their ain statements condemning Iran.

Bahrain itself issued a response, confirming that Iran flew a fig of drones into its territory and calling the strikes a "flagrant threat" to the nation's security. It remains unclear precisely which areas Iran targeted.

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President Donald Trump leaves the signifier aft speaking astatine the Faith & Freedom Coalition's argumentation league connected Friday, June 26, 2026. Iran's latest onslaught is the latest menace to the MOU helium signed that enacted a ceasefire. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

"While the Ministry condemns this heinous aggression, it affirms that the Iranian regime’s continued attacks, astatine a clip erstwhile determination and planetary efforts are moving towards de-escalation, spot the sole work connected Tehran for undermining bid efforts, and reveals an attack based connected destabilizing security, exporting chaos, and undermining determination stability," Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry besides said Saturday.

Officials successful Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) besides came retired with statements connected Saturday condemning Iran.

Kuwait's Foreign Ministry said the Iranian strikes correspond "a unsafe undermining of endeavors for bid and stability, and a menace to the information and stableness of the region."

Both Kuwait and the UAE said they stay committed to supporting Bahrain's information and stability.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, attends a gathering with overseas ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council subordinate states successful Manama, Bahrain, connected Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Eric Lee/Pool Photo via AP)

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Also joining successful the nationalist denouncements of Iran were Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with some countries saying the latest strikes interruption Bahrain's sovereignty and planetary law.

Notably, Oman's overseas ministry has not addressed the attack. Oman has maintained a neutral stance passim the warfare and has often acted arsenic a mediator betwixt Washington and Tehran.

Oman and Iran are besides inactive successful the midst of negotiating a associated model for the aboriginal medication of navigation successful the Strait of Hormuz.

A instrumentality ship, right, and a cargo vas are seen successful the Strait of Hormuz disconnected Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard took work for the strikes connected Bahrain, saying connected state-run TV that it had targeted respective locations "of the U.S. violent service successful the region" without specifying which areas were hit, according to The Associated Press.

So far, nary casualties oregon important harm has been reported from the drone attack, which occurred days aft Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Gulf allies successful Bahrain.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.