Iran slams the GCC and the US for ‘interventionist’ statement: What we know
Key takeaways
- Tehran rejects US-GCC pressure over missiles, the Strait of Hormuz and regional armed groups.
- The ministers welcomed the June 17 memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, but tied any future economic engagement with Iran to strict conditions.
- The ministers said “any trade and investment with Iran is conditional and reversible”, and reaffirmed “the shared objective of preventing Iran from ever developing or otherwise acquiring a nuclear weapon”.
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Tehran rejects US-GCC pressure over missiles, the Strait of Hormuz and regional armed groups.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, walks beside Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani following a meeting with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in Manama, Bahrain, on June 25, 2026 [AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026Iran has condemned a joint US-Gulf Cooperation Council statement as “interventionist, irresponsible and provocative”, accusing Washington and its Gulf allies of using diplomacy to impose pressure on Tehran after the recent United States-Israeli war on Iran.
In a statement on Friday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected the communique issued after a GCC-US ministerial meeting in Bahrain on June 25, saying it distorted regional realities and repeated US and Israeli positions on Iran’s nuclear programme, missile capabilities, regional allies and the Strait of Hormuz.