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UK, Gulf Nations Agree to Counter Iran’s “Aggressive Regional Actions”

The United Kingdom and Gulf countries will work together to counter Iran’s “aggressive regional actions,” British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Wednesday.

May was in Bahrain for the Gulf Cooperation Council summit, which also included leaders from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The UK and those countries signed a joint communique pledging to counter “Iran’s destabilizing activities.”

“I am clear-eyed about the threat that Iran poses to the Gulf and the wider Middle East,” May said in a speech. She reiterated her nation’s commitment to countering Iranian aggression, “whether in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, or in the Gulf itself.”

Ambassadors of eleven Arab nations, including all the Gulf Cooperation Council members, complained in a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last month that Iran’s support for terror and interference in the internal affairs of other nations had worsened since the implementation of the nuclear deal last year.

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