Bahrain Takes Iran to UN Over Missile Strikes

Bahrain convened an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council after Iran resumed ballistic missile and armed drone strikes on the Kingdom. These strikes targeted civilian areas, directly violating the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding signed on June 17, which called for a permanent halt to military operations.

Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, addressing the Council, said this marks the second emergency session convened over what he described as a sustained pattern of Iranian aggression. The first was called following an attack on the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates—a strike that pushed the region to the brink of nuclear catastrophe.

Hundreds of Attacks Since February

Al Zayani said Bahrain has endured hundreds of missile and drone strikes since February 28, targeting residential neighbourhoods and the civilian infrastructure communities depend on daily. Three people have been killed and hundreds wounded, including women and children. Other Gulf Cooperation Council member states have faced similar attacks, reflecting a deeply alarming pattern of escalation.

Chemical Disaster Narrowly Averted

One strike hit an ammonia storage tank at the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company inside a populated area. This forced authorities to evacuate a two-kilometre radius, narrowly averting a major chemical disaster.

The Foreign Minister called on the Council to ensure its resolutions are enforced, warning that credibility lies not in adopting resolutions but in implementing them. While Bahrain would continue exercising restraint, he affirmed the Kingdom retains its inherent right to self-defence.