Iran rejects US-GCC security rhetoric, calls for regional autonomy

Iran's Foreign Ministry denounces the US-GCC joint statement as meddlesome and provocative, rejects Washington's security guarantees for Gulf states, and accuses the United States of using Gulf bases to attack Iran. It says Gulf countries must prevent third parties from using their soil, emphasizes Tehran's retaliation against the attacks, demands compensation from five Arab states that enabled the operation, rejects labeling Palestinian/Lebanese groups as Iranian proxies, and calls for regional security through mutual cooperation and its West Asia nuclear-free initiative, while warning about Hormuz shipping and noting a June 18 MoU that allegedly ended hostilities.