CAIRO: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi has strongly condemned Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, describing them as a “dangerous and unprecedented escalation”.
In a statement, Albudaiwi denounced the strikes on civilian infrastructure, as well as on government buildings and diplomatic missions in the two Gulf states.
He said the attacks represent a “dangerous and unprecedented escalation” and reflect the Iranian regime’s continued pursuit of hostile policies targeting the security, stability and sovereignty of GCC member states.
Albudaiwi further stated that the ongoing incidents demonstrate Iran’s persistence in policies aimed at undermining regional security, in “blatant defiance of international law, the UN Charter and all international norms”.
معالي الأمين العام لمجلس التعاون @jasemalbudaiwi: العدوان الإيراني المتواصل على مملكة البحرين ودولة الكويت، يكشف إصرار النظام الإيراني على انتهاج سياسات عدائية مرفوضة تقوض أمن واستقرار دول المنطقة وتهدد السلم الإقليمي والدولي.#مجلس_التعاون#مملكة_البحرين #دولة_الكويت… pic.twitter.com/wmF7VwyeVy
— مجلس التعاون (@GCCSG) June 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers Council also condemned the Iranian attacks targeting vital civilian facilities in Kuwait, including Kuwait International Airport, using missiles and drones, which resulted in deaths, injuries, and material damage, the SPA reported.
Earlier, Kuwait said it detected 30 ballistic missiles and drones launched as part of a “heinous Iranian aggression”.
“Since dawn today, the armed forces have detected and engaged 13 hostile ballistic missiles within Kuwaiti airspace. These missiles were intercepted over several residential areas, resulting in some debris falling. The armed forces also detected and engaged 17 hostile drones. This heinous Iranian aggression targeted civilian and vital facilities,” defence ministry spokesman Saud Abdulaziz al-Atwan said.
The attacks marked one of the more severe tests yet of a April 8 ceasefire, which has largely held despite sporadic strikes after more than a month of war sparked by the US and Israeli attack on Iran.
The oil-rich Gulf nation, a US ally, has been on the receiving end of Iranian attacks since the United States and Israel attacked Iran and killed its senior leadership in late February.
Tehran has accused Kuwait of allowing US forces to launch strikes from its soil.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attacks targeting US bases in Kuwait were launched in response to what it described as an American strike on Qeshm Island in southern Iran.
