Iran calls US-GCC statement 'interventionist'

Iran's foreign ministry criticized a joint US-GCC statement as 'interventionist, irresponsible, and provocative,' blaming the US military presence in the Gulf for regional insecurity. The statement reiterated Iran's position that the Strait of Hormuz should be governed with Oman under a prior US-Iran MOU, while the US-GCC condemned Iranian proxy attacks in Iraq against civilian and energy infrastructure.