Egypt, Jordan condemn Iran drone attack on Bahrain

Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi condemned the Iranian drone attacks on Bahrain, saying they targeted civilian facilities and critical infrastructure.

Albudaiwi said the attacks came as international and regional efforts were underway to consolidate peace and security, and accused Tehran of trying to undermine efforts to contain the crisis.

He said the GCC fully supported all measures taken by Bahrain to protect its security, sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Iran said flights between the country and the United Arab Emirates would resume on July 1 after aviation authorities in both countries approved the route.

Civil Aviation Organization spokesman Majid Akhavan said Iranian and UAE aviation authorities had issued the necessary permits for flights to resume from July 1.

He said the route would initially be served by Iranian airlines, with other carriers expected to be added later following the necessary reviews.

Akhavan added that the resumption of flights on other international routes remained under review and subject to regulatory approvals.

Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said violations of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding would be met with a "swift and crushing" response.

In a post on X, Rezaei said the United States had violated the first clause of the memorandum by supporting "the actions of its proxy force in the region" and had breached the fifth clause through what he described as continued provocations in the Strait of Hormuz.

"The response to the violation of any clause of the memorandum will be swift and crushing," Rezaei wrote.

A tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Saturday, in the latest security incident in the strategic waterway.

UKMTO said the vessel sustained damage to its bridge but all crew members were safe and no pollution had been reported.

Authorities were investigating the incident, UKMTO said, advising vessels transiting the strait to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity.

Iran's hardline Kayhan newspaper on Saturday called on Tehran to suspend the US-Iran memorandum of understanding and close the Strait of Hormuz, arguing Washington had repeatedly violated the agreement with its latest strikes on Iranian military sites.

In an editorial, Kayhan criticized President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for not responding publicly to what it described as a US "terrorist attack" on radar and military facilities near the Strait of Hormuz.

"The Strait of Hormuz, in Iran's territorial waters, is our lever of power against criminal America," the newspaper wrote.

It said Iran's negotiating team had "retreated too quickly" on closing the strait in what it called an "invalid memorandum," even though "most of America's commitments in the memorandum have been violated."

"The strait could have been the guarantee for implementing those commitments," it said.

Kayhan said the Strait of Hormuz "should not have been reopened before the fate of the war criminals was determined, compensation was obtained and credible guarantees secured that the threats would not be repeated."

It called on the Supreme National Security Council to declare that "implementation of the memorandum is suspended and the Strait of Hormuz is closed until the enemy's threats stop on all fronts, from the Persian Gulf to Lebanon."

The newspaper also urged Iranian leaders to "break the enemy's mistaken calculations" that Iran would remain committed to the agreement "at any price" despite what it described as repeated violations.