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 nan land federation of Bahrain, while vowing to guidelines agreed against immoderate imaginable aggression from Tehran successful nan future.

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

After Iran struck a cargo vessel successful nan Strait of Hormuz connected Friday, nan U.S. launched overnight airstrikes connected Iranian missile, drone and radar sites. Iran responded Saturday pinch nan 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 nan United States and Israel against Iran, successful Manama, Bahrain, Feb. 28, 2026. (Reuters)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Also joining successful nan nationalist denouncements of Iran were Saudi Arabia and Qatar, pinch some countries saying nan latest strikes break Bahrain's sovereignty and world law.

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

Oman and Iran are besides still successful nan midst of negotiating a associated model for nan early management of navigation successful nan Strait of Hormuz.

A instrumentality ship, right, and a cargo alloy are seen successful nan 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 nan strikes connected Bahrain, saying connected state-run TV that it had targeted respective locations "of nan U.S. violent service successful nan region" without specifying which areas were hit, according to The Associated Press.

So far, nary casualties aliases important harm has been reported from nan drone attack, which occurred days aft Secretary of State Marco Rubio met pinch Gulf friends successful Bahrain.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.