Diplomatic activity has increased following Iran’s recent drone and missile attacks in the Gulf region. Several countries have been engaged in urgent consultations.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held multiple telephone calls with senior officials of different countries. These discussions focused on the latest security situation in the region.
According to Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Araghchi spoke with the foreign ministers of Pakistan, France, Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. The aim was to exchange views on rising tensions and possible de-escalation.
The ministry also confirmed that Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir participated in the conversation with Pakistan. During this contact, regional security developments and recent military escalation were discussed in detail.
These diplomatic efforts come after Iran claimed responsibility for drone and missile attacks targeting US-linked positions in Kuwait and Bahrain.
Earlier, Kuwait International Airport was struck by Iranian drones on Wednesday, causing significant damage to its main passenger terminal and injuring multiple people, according to Kuwait’s Defence Ministry.
Earlier, the US military said it had “successfully defeated” a series of Iranian missile and drone attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain and confirmed it had conducted strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island.
“Two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart en route, and three missiles launched at Bahrain were immediately intercepted by US and Bahrain air defense forces,” Centcom said.
Bahrain authorities said they had intercepted three Iranian missiles and a number of drones.
CENTCOM said it had carried out a new round of “defensive strikes” in southern Iran, targeted missile launch sites and Iranian boats seeking to lay mines, and conducted strikes on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz after attempted Iranian attacks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi later said in a post on X that his country’s armed forces were conducting “self-defense strikes on sites the US is permitted to use to attack civilian shipping and violate the ceasefire”.
“Any hostile act will be met with an immediate, decisive response,” he added.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he hopes to meet Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, as Washington and Tehran accuse each other of violating an increasingly fragile ceasefire.
“I would like to meet him, and we probably will meet at some point, depending on how it all works out,” the US president told the New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast.