Senior Iranian official Ali Shamkhani cautioned Persian Gulf neighbors after the GCC renewed claims over three Iranian islands and backed Saudi and Kuwaiti ownership of the Arash/Durra gas field, framing the dispute as a test of regional red lines amid post-war tensions.
IRAN INTERNATIONAL -- Shamkhani, a former secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and now the Supreme Leader’s representative to Iran’s Defense Council, called the GCC stance unconstructive in a post on X.
He wrote: “The GCC claims about the Iranian islands and the Arash field in the middle of US and Israeli hostility are unconstructive.”
He added that Iran “showed restraint” during the recent 12-day conflict with Israel despite “some backing for the aggression,” and said: “Iran’s power in the Persian Gulf should not be misread; the role of neighbors is to create security, not to test the red lines of the Iranian nation.”
