Bahrain, UAE urge Security Council action over Iran’s ‘unlawful’ attacks

Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday condemned Iran’s recent attacks on the UAE, calling for “credible, united and decisive response from the international community and particularly from the Security Council.”

Speaking to reporters ahead of a Security Council closed consultation at the request of the Bahrain today, Bahrain Ambassador Jamal Fares Alrowaiei reiterated “full solidarity” with the UAE and condemned “Iran’s attacks against the UAE on May 4.”

“The security of the region is indivisible, and such attacks must cease immediately… they require credible, united and decisive response from the international community and particularly from the Security Council,” Alrowaiei said.

Meanwhile, UAE Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab said on May 4, “Iran launched 12 ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles and four UAVs directly at the United Arab Emirates.”

“These attacks included drone strikes, which resulted in a fire in the Fujairah oil Industry Zone, critical civilian energy infrastructure. UAE air defenses successfully intercepted the majority of these threats, limiting the damage. Nevertheless, three civilians were injured,” he added.

He reiterated that the UAE condemns these attacks “in the strongest possible terms,” adding they violate Security Council Resolution 2817, “a resolution co-sponsored by 136 Member States, the highest in the history of the Council.”

Ambassador Abushahab also said “the will of the international community could not be clearer. Iran’s noncompliance could not be more brazen.”

Abushahab also said that commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz continue to be struck.

“What happens in the Strait of Hormuz does not stay in the Strait of Hormuz. It affects energy markets, supply chains, food prices and economic stability across the globe.”

UN Security Council members began closed talks on Tuesday on a resolution drafted by the US, with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar demanding Iran stop attacks and laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. If it were to pass, the resolution could lead to sanctions against Iran and potentially authorize force, if Tehran fails to halt attacks and threats to commercial shipping.